wardmote

/ (ˈwɔːdməʊt) /

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noun

British an assembly of the citizens or liverymen of a ward

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Word Origin for wardmote

C14: see ward, moot

Words nearby wardmote

wardenry, War Department, warder, ward heeler, Wardian case, wardmote, ward off, Wardour Street, wardress, wardrobe, wardrobe malfunction

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How to use wardmote in a sentence

It was divided into wards, answering to hundreds in the county; each having its own wardmote, or leet, under its elected alderman.
View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Henry Hallam
About the middle of last December, I received a citation to attend a wardmote, to be held in the schoolroom of my parish.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 432|Various
Secondly, they are presidents of the wardmote and governors each of that ward whereby he was elected.
The Commonwealth of Oceana|James Harrington
When the play differs from Holinshed it differs also from the Wardmote Book.
Arden of Feversham|Anonymous

Mr. Houston, the attorney who officiated at the wardmote, was not suffered to make his report of the election.
London and the Kingdom - Volume III|Reginald R. Sharpe