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plural vills
(historical) The smallest administrative unit of land in feudal England, corresponding to the Anglo-Saxon tithing and the modern parish.
(obsolete) A villa; a country residence. quotations
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
Pronunciation spelling of will. quotations examples
“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