village community: Meaning and Definition of

vil'lage commu'nity

Pronunciation: [key]
  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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