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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village community

The libretto, by the composer and Manuelle Mureddu, efficiently condenses the novel using a chorus as both narrator and the village community.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

He mobilized and trained a network of 350,000 teachers and 12,000 village community leaders.

From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 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

Instead, he has been talking to the man from CornerstoneZED who is selling the idea of buying into an eco village community of 90 houses to be built on seven acres of land in Plymouth.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 6, 2013

The reeve acts as the representative of the village community, as well in regard to the lord as on public occasions.

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