. F . C . ▁players ▁Category : English ▁Football ▁League ▁players ▁Category : National ▁League ▁( English ▁football ) ▁players ▁Category : S ou thern ▁Football ▁League ▁players <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁ob ște ▁( pl . ▁ob ști ) ▁was ▁an ▁autonom ous ▁agricult ural ▁community ▁of ▁the ▁Roman ians / V la chs ▁during ▁the ▁Middle ▁A ges . ▁Mix ing ▁private ▁and ▁common ▁ownership , ▁the ▁communities ▁generally ▁employed ▁an ▁open ▁field ▁system . ▁The ▁ob ști ▁were ▁usually ▁based ▁on ▁one ▁or ▁more ▁extended ▁families . ▁This ▁system ▁of ▁organization ▁was ▁similar ▁throughout ▁the ▁V lach - in hab ited ▁areas ▁and ▁it ▁generally ▁re ced ed ▁as ▁over l ords ▁assumed ▁more ▁power ▁over ▁the ▁rural ▁communities ▁and ▁as ▁the ▁pe as ants ▁lost ▁their ▁freedom ▁by ▁becoming ▁ser fs . ▁ ▁Et ym ology ▁ ▁The ▁word ▁ob ște ▁is ▁of ▁S lav ic ▁origin , ▁its ▁original ▁meaning ▁being ▁" common ", ▁referring ▁to ▁the ▁common ▁ownership ▁and ▁usage ▁of ▁the ▁fields . ▁Nevertheless , ▁the ▁organization ▁system ▁is ▁assumed ▁to ▁pre date ▁the ▁S lav ic ▁contact , ▁previously ▁the ▁word ▁for ▁community ▁being ▁că t un ▁( c ogn ate ▁with ▁Alban ian ▁kat und ), ▁a ▁word ▁that ▁changed ▁its ▁meaning ▁in ▁modern ▁Roman ian ▁into ▁" ham let " ▁or ▁" mount ain ▁village ". ▁ ▁Character istics ▁ ▁The ▁villages , ▁autonom ous ▁and ▁lack ing ▁a ▁political ▁super structure , ▁employed ▁their ▁own ▁defense ▁system : ▁the ▁very ▁words ▁for