vill

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/vɪl/

noun

The smallest administrative unit of land in feudal England, corresponding to the Anglo-Saxon tithing and the modern parish.

OriginOld French vile ← Latin vīlla →
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Meanings

vill1

nounvill (plural vills)

plural vills

  1. historicalThe smallest administrative unit of land in feudal England, corresponding to the Anglo-Saxon tithing and the modern parish.
  2. obsoleteA villa; a country residence.

    Sometimes the kings in their country vills and seats of pleasure or retirement built a place of worship, which was the origin of royal free chapels.

    1781, Richard Burn, Ecclesiastical Law, volume 1, page 61

vill2

verb
  1. pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of will.

    “My calculations predict another day or so. Ve vill be docking in Liverpool.”

    2011, Roberta C. M. DeCaprio, chapter 9, in A Rose in Amber, Wild Rose Press, →ISBN

Origin

vill · noun

  1. Latinvīlla
  2. Old Frenchvile“farm, country estate”
  3. Englishvill

From Anglo-Norman vill, from Old French vile (“farm, country estate”) (French ville (“town”)), from Latin vīlla. Doublet of villa and ville.

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vill · verb

From will.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with vill

willstilluntilbillhillbrazilkilltillillskillphilpillgrilllilmiltilnilrefillfulfillchillspillgillgoodwillthrill
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Cite this entry
APA

vill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vill

MLA

“vill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vill. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vill,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vill.

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