vill
/vɪl/
vill noun: the smallest administrative unit of land in feudal England, corresponding to the Anglo-Saxon tithing and the modern parish. Also the pronunciation spelling of will.
Noun
vill (plural vills)
- The smallest administrative unit of land in feudal England, corresponding to the Anglo-Saxon tithing and the modern parish.
- A 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
Also used as
vill is also the pronunciation spelling of will.
Forms of vill
| plural | vills |
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Origin of vill
From Anglo-Norman vill, from Old French vile (“farm, country estate”) (French ville (“town”)), from Latin vīlla. Doublet of villa and ville.
From will.
Words that rhyme with vill
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- chill
- drill
- Seville
- will
- skill
- still
- frill
- mil
- sill
- swill
- fulfill
- goodwill
- till
- until
- brazil
- downhill
- prill
- quadrille
- shill
- shrill
- thrill
- Chapel Hill
- jill
- McGill
- nill
- squill
- trill
- uphill
- Walton-on-the-Hill
- Baskerville
- dill
- grille
- he'll
- instill
- Ithkuil
- krill
- manille
- nil
- phil
- purple pill
- refill
- remill
- rill
- thill
- twill
- vril
- 'til
- 'twill
Questions about vill
- What does vill mean?
- Vill means the smallest administrative unit of land in feudal England, corresponding to the Anglo-Saxon tithing and the modern parish.
- What part of speech is vill?
- Vill is a noun.
- How do you pronounce vill?
- Vill is pronounced /vɪl/.
- What is the plural of vill?
- The plural of vill is vills.
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