village community

American  

noun

1. an early form of community organization in which land belonged to the village, the arable land being allotted to the members or households of the community by more or less permanent arrangements and the waste or excess land remaining undivided.

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Example Sentences

In the case of the Timid Little Rabbit, this meant the village community protecting itself against a fox.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2022

"Wareside School has been the beating heart of our village community."

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2022

The village community fished in the creeks and managed nearby forests and grasslands with controlled burning, said Brian Byrd, an archaeologist with Far Western.

From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2022

Rupperswil mayor Rudolf Hediger told daily Aargauer Zeitung there was relief at the arrest but also "a certain amount of shame and dismay that it was really a member of our village community."

From US News • May 14, 2016

But, apart from that right, the wood was managed by the village community according to certain customary rules.

From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul