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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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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

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

From BBC Jun. 5, 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

But Stella Vaonirina, 38, the village community health worker, says she used to treat about 30 cases of diarrhoea a month when she arrived in the village in 1999.

From The Guardian Aug. 10, 2019

The most remarkable of French medievalists—Fustel de Coulanges—has been fighting all along against the Teutonic village community, and for an early development of private property in connexion with Roman influence.

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

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