village community

American

noun

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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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

"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

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

I think it is difficult to escape the conclusion that it is a meeting of the village community outside the lines of manorial division.

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

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