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Witenagemote
Wit′e-na-ge-moteˊ
(?; 277)
, Noun.
[AS.
witena gemōt
an assembly of the wise; wita
a wise man + gemōt
assembly.] (AS. Hist.)
A meeting of wise men; the national council, or legislature, of England in the days of the Anglo-Saxons, before the Norman Conquest.
Definition 2025
witenagemote
witenagemote
English
Noun
witenagemote (plural witenagemotes)
- (historical) A meeting of wise men; the national council or legislature of England in the days of the Anglo-Saxons, before the Norman Conquest.
References
- witenagemote in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913