villagery

American  

[vil-ij-ree] / ˈvɪl ɪdʒ ri /

noun

1. villages.

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Etymology

Origin of villagery

First recorded in 1580–90; village + -ry

Example Sentences

A fairy, in another passage, asks Robin: “Are you not he That frights the maidens of the villagery, ***** Mislead night-wanderers, laughing at their harm?”

From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thiselton-Dyer, Thomas Firminger

You cannot proceed a mile without starting a steeple, with its little patch of villagery round it, enverduring the waste.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)

He had no taste for more cheerful images, and there are neither rural objects nor villagery in the scenes he describes, but only loneness and the solemnity of mountains.

From The Life of Lord Byron by Galt, John