Gemot

//ɡɪˈməʊt// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A (legislative or judicial) assembly in Anglo-Saxon England. historical

    "a.d. 978. — In this year was held the celebrated gemot at Calne in Wiltshire, when the floor gave way […]"

  2. 2
    Any assembly. broadly, rare

    "I have spoken to Veedron, a member of one of Trellisane's many gemots, or ruling councils."

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"a.d. 978. — In this year was held the celebrated gemot at Calne in Wiltshire, when the floor gave way […]"

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English ġemōt (“meeting, council, moot, encounter”).

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