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The word "propinquity" has been employed in literature to evoke nuances of nearness—be it physical, genealogical, or emotional. In Temple Bailey’s work ([1], [2]), the term is wielded to highlight the allure and complexity of intimate proximity, suggesting that closeness can be as compelling as it is consequential. In medieval narratives like Snorri Sturluson’s account ([3]), propinquity is used to denote the importance of shared lineage and familial ties, a closeness that confers legitimacy and claim to power. Similarly, Jesse F. Bone ([4]) uses the term to caution about the hazards of immediate proximity in matters of the heart, while William H. Ukers ([5]) observes the natural gravitation of social groups, as seen in the congregation of ecclesiastical society around the Child's. Even in the realm of personal affection, as exemplified in Juliette Drouet's epistolary exchange ([6]), propinquity is celebrated as an essential component of enduring love, whether experienced in physical closeness or through the bonds of shared experience.
  1. There's nothing like propinquity."
    — from The Gay Cockade by Temple Bailey
  2. "So it was an affair of moonlight and propinquity?"
    — from The Gay Cockade by Temple Bailey
  3. Arne replies, that Kristin's son, she was the daughter of King Sigurd the Crusader, was nearest by propinquity of descent to the crown of Norway.
    — from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson
  4. Absence might make the heart grow fonder, but at the moment propinquity was by far the more dangerous thing.
    — from The Lani People by Jesse F. Bone
  5. The propinquity of Child's to the Cathedral and Doctors' Commons, made it the resort of the clergy, and ecclesiastical loungers.
    — from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers
  6. May God preserve you from all evil, dearly beloved, and may your love remain whole and intact in severance as in propinquity.
    — from Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo by Juliette Drouet and Louis Guimbaud

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