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village community

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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

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

From New York Times Aug. 5, 2022

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

From BBC Jun. 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

The real question as conceived by Maine is this—By what means was the free village community turned into the manor of the lord?

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

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