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Definition of Vill
1. n. A small collection of houses; a village.
2. n. A small collection of houses; a village.
Definition of Vill
1. a village [n -S] - See also: village
Medical Definition of Vill
1. A small collection of houses; a village. "Every manor, town, or vill." "Not should e'er the crested fowl From thorp or vill his matins sound for me." (Wordsworth) A word of various significations in English, law; as, a manor; a tithing; a town; a township; a parish; a part of a parish; a village. The original meaning of vill, in England, seems to have been derived from the Roman sense of the term villa, a single country residence or farm; a manor. Later, the term was applied only to a collection of houses more than two, and hence came to comprehend towns. Burrill. The statute of Exeter, 14 Edward I, mentions entire-vills, demivills, and hamlets. Origin: OF. Ville, vile, a village, F. Ville a town, city. See Villa. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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