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

Like the other residents, Mr Mackie was first made aware of the plans in a meeting on 3 June at the village community hall.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2025

Schemes such as farm building conversions, investment in new visitor accommodation, provision of gigabit broadband at village community hubs and the creation of new footpaths and cycleways would be eligible for funding.

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2022

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

From New York Times • Aug. 5, 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

I want you to try and realise, father, if you can, that I have passed into a larger world than you or this little village community here know very much about.

From The Wicked Marquis by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)