Daily Ancestorvicinus
Vicinus is Latin for a neighbor; as an adjective it means near or neighboring.
Vicinus means neighbor, and as an adjective near or neighboring. The feminine is vicina and the plural vicini.
A record may describe a witness or godparent as vicinus. Note these names anyway: a neighbor can turn out to be a relative or a future in-law.
As seen in a recordLatin marriage register, Austria, 1800s
Testes: Gregorius Tamberl et Simon Wendlhuber, vicini
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