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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A general meeting (assembly) of the people of a town, district, or shire. historical

   "To which folke-mote they all with one consent […] Agreed to travell, and their fortunes try."

Example

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"To which folke-mote they all with one consent […] Agreed to travell, and their fortunes try."

Etymology

From Old English folcġemōt (“meeting of the people of a town or district”), equivalent to folk + moot.

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