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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

"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

But in the village community centre, the whispers began seven weeks ago when one of the coffee morning regulars said she knew someone who had chanced upon a bag of £20 notes.

From The Guardian Nov. 19, 2019

The western village community does not go so far, as a rule, in regard to the arable, at least in the time to which our records belong.

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

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