Villages
noun
1.
a small community or group of houses in a rural area, larger than a hamlet and usually smaller than a town, and sometimes (as in parts of the U.S.) incorporated as a municipality.
2.
the inhabitants of such a community collectively.
3.
a group of animal dwellings resembling a village:
a gopher village.
adjective
4.
of, relating to, or characteristic of a village:
village life.
noun
1.
The, a city in central Oklahoma.
noun
1.
a small group of houses in a country area, larger than a hamlet
2.
the inhabitants of such a community collectively
3.
an incorporated municipality smaller than a town in various parts of the US and Canada
4.
a group of habitats of certain animals
5.
(NZ) a self-contained city area having its own shops, etc
6.
(modifier) of, relating to, or characteristic of a village: a village green
(Judg. 5:7, 11). The Hebrew word thus rendered (perazon) means habitations in the open country, unwalled villages (Deut. 3:5; 1 Sam. 6:18). Others, however, following the LXX. and the Vulgate versions, render the word “rulers.”
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