wapentake
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of wapentake
before 1000; Middle English < Old Norse vāpnatak (compare Old English wǣpen-getæc ) show of weapons at public voting, equivalent to vāpna (genitive plural of vāpn weapon ) + tak taking; see take
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You know that I could not help going when the wapentake came for me.
From The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo
The wapentake turned round in one motion, like a piece of mechanism revolving on its own pivot, and with grave and magisterial step proceeded towards the door of the Green Box.
From The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo
You must understand in our day that neither the sheriff, the wapentake, nor the justice of the quorum could exercise their functions as they did then.
From The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo
The abbot’s power throughout the lordship was almost absolute; he had a market and fair at Dalton, was free from service to the county and wapentake, and held a sheriff’s tourn.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
It was the wapentake striking his wand against a sheet of iron.
From The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo
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