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

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

From BBC • Jun. 5, 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

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

It must be noted that even that order of things which came into being in consequence of the Statute contains an indirect testimony as to the power of the village community.

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