villagery

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noun

A district of villages.

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Meanings

nounvillagery (usually uncountable, plural villageries)

plural villageries

  1. obsoleteuncountableusuallyA district of villages.

    Are not you hee, / That frights the maidens of the Villageree, […]

    c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, A Midsommer Nights Dreame. […] (First Quarto), London: […] [Richard Bradock] for Thomas Fisher, […], published 1600, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], signature B3, verso

Origin

From village + -ery.

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APA

villagery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/villagery

MLA

“villagery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/villagery. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “villagery,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/villagery.

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