vill noun. [vɪl] Also ville. E17.
[Anglo-Norman = Old French vil(l)e farm, country house (mod. ville town) from Latin villa: see VILLA.]
1. Hist. In medieval England, the smallest administrative unit under the feudal system, a subdivision of a hundred roughly corresponding to the Anglo-Saxon tithing and the modern parish; a feudal township. E17.

2. A village. poet. L17.

3. A villa. rare. L17-M18.

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