Village vs Villagery - What's the difference?
village | villagery |
A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.
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, title= (British) A rural habitation that has a church, but no market.
(Australia) A planned community such as a retirement community or shopping district.
(obsolete) A district of villages.
As nouns the difference between village and villagery
is that village is a rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town while villagery is a district of villages.village
English
(wikipedia village)Noun
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Derived terms
* eco-village * global village * Olympic village * Potemkin village * village bicycle * village bike * village cart * village green * village idiot * villagerStatistics
* 1000 English basic words ----villagery
English
Noun
(en-noun)- The maidens of the villagery . — Shakespeare.