the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The quality or state of being nigh.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The state of being nigh; nearness; proximity in place, time, or degree.
Word Usage
"Now I tell you, that meanwhile of their coming shall ye suffer such things as We will; and when they be here We will not forbid you to be anigh them; but We shall see that there will be little joy to you in that nighness."