The state or quality of lying around; the fact or condition of being situated around something.
From Latin 'circum' (around) + 'jacency' (from 'jacens', lying near). This noun form standardized the concept of spatial encirclement in formal geographic and philosophical discourse during the medieval period.
This term appears in old land deeds and geographic descriptions to mean 'the surrounding area'—it's more formal than our modern word but captures exactly the same idea! You can see it used in Victorian travel writing when describing how towns relate to their circumjacency of rural lands.
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