village elder

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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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Then thevillageelderwould feast together by eating the meat and drinking the rice beer.
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He then married, had three daughters, and became thevillageelder.
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The epidemic ended when avillageelderordered the entire population to camp in their vineyards.
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The ceremonies are inaugurated by thevillageelder"khiungpu".
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Because she lost her memory, thevillageelderthere told her a number of false memories of her life before she met the hero again.
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He mortified his parents by desecrating the grave of a respectedvillageelder, subsequently spending a week in police custody.
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He goes to the house of an ailingvillageelder, anticipating his death but is sent back by the caretaker saying all is well.
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Hence, it was decided to refer to informants collectively as ' elders ' or ' village elders '.
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Matters that can not be settled through the youth organization are handed over to thevillageelder-council.
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The main characters are depicted as school aged goats that attend school under the tutelage of, thevillageelder.
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Once there, the villagers are, at first reluctant to help the top-dwellers but thevillageelderconvinces them to let them in.
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The husband then throws these away or gives them to avillageelderwho throws them away.
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The vines are selected by avillageelderand matched with each jumpers weight without any mechanical calculations.
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The information collected in each family was cross-checked from elderly members of the household and sometimes from the village elders as well.
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Issues that repeatedly became the objective of village prohibitive agreements, including the control of private rights and the peaceful resolution of disputes, were handled through village elders.
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Dynamic village elders usually sought to extend their authority to neighbouring settlements.
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We have no positive demonstration that community churches served as a meeting place for the villagers or village elders, or offered lodging to weary travellers.
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Village elders evoked a large number of prescriptions or interdictions to be respected by land users, be they landowners or borrowers.
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The village elders decided to hold a traditional trial.
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