villageryn.
/ˈvɪlɪdʒri//ˈvɪlɪdʒəri/ Villages collectively. Now chiefly as an echo of the Shakespearean passage.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > village > [noun] > collectively
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1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. i. 35 Are not you hee, That frights the maidens of the Villageree . View more context for this quotation
1822 W. Tennant Thane of Fife iii. l Crowding they come from all her coasts so rife Of villagery.
a1839 J. Galt Demon of Destiny (1840) 5 A vista bright appeared Of riant villagery.
1883 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 75/2 Unkempt mountain ponies startle the maidens of the villagery.
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