Category:Vill

Vill, n. Etym: [of. ville, vile, a village, f. ville a town, city. See villa.]

Defn: a small collection of houses; a village. "every manor, town, or Vill." Sir m. Hale. Not should e'er the crested fowl from thorp or vill his matins sound For me. Wordsworth.

Note: 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.