WITENAGEMOTES

Noun

witenagemotes

plural of witenagemote

Source: Wiktionary


WITENAGEMOTE

Wit"e*na*ge*mote`, n. Etym: [AS. witena gemot an assembly of the wise; wita a wise man + gemot assembly.] (AS. Hist.)

Definition: A meeting of wise men; the national council, or legislature, of England in the days of the Anglo-Saxons, before the Norman Conquest.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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