village council

collocation in English

meaningsofvillageandcouncil

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village
noun
uk
/ˈvɪl.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈvɪl.ɪdʒ/
a group of houses and other buildings that is smaller than a town, usually in ...
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council
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˈkaʊn.səl/us
/ˈkaʊn.səl/
a group of people elected or chosen to make decisions or give advice on a particular subject, to represent a particular group of people, or to run a ...
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(Definition ofvillageandcouncilfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvillage council

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Most woodlots are managed at the village level by thevillagecouncil, and are used only by members of that village.
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First, indicators of participation are derived by interviews with members of avillagecouncilfor forest management.
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These cases were selected because of their differences with respect to forest quality, kind of forest resources and the way thevillagecouncilis organized.
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Furthermore, table 4 splits the number of respondents up by age, education, and position in thevillagecouncil.
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For example, was there an initiation ceremony, a rite de passage, to become "the adopted son of a prominent ritual leader, and eventually a respectedvillagecouncilelder"?
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Give thevillagecouncilpowers over education and administration of local lands, etc.
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There is a democratically electedvillagecouncil, which controls the cooperative organisations.
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They fear that if they invest in improving the land, it could be reallocated when thevillagecouncilnext meets to decide who gets the land.
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They might also have prevented the selling off of nearly all our once much-admiredvillagecouncilhousing and the closure of village schools and other facilities.
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He convenes the meeting of thevillagecounciland conveys its decision to the public and enforces and implements it.
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All of them become the members of thevillagecounciland assists in dealing case and maintaining law and order.
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It has been governed by avillagecouncil.
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The village had avillagecouncil, and an elementary school for boys.
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The fons are directly assisted by thevillagecouncilwhich is constituted of sub chiefs or quarter heads.
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The entire administration of the village is controlled by him through avillagecouncil.
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Another set of exempted class is constituted by the members of thevillagecouncil.
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Thevillagecouncilis responsible for the provision of village infrastructure such as public buildings, water, and roads and for identifying government program beneficiaries.
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The territory of a union council orvillagecouncilis usually part of a tehsil (a district subdivision).
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