witenagemot
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of witenagemot
1585–95; Modern English < Old English, equivalent to witena, genitive plural of wita councilor ( see witan) + gemōt moot
Example Sentences
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While the Danes were still in the camp a witenagemot or Saxon parliament was held at Wedmore.
From The Dragon and the Raven by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
Later the district formed the northern division of Mercia, and in 848 the Mercian witenagemot assembled at Repton.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various
It had always existed in one form or another, extending back continuously to the "witenagemot" of the Anglo-Saxons.
From An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England by Edward Potts Cheyney
The Witenagemot.—Associated with the king in the conduct of public business was the council of wise men, or witenagemot.
From The Governments of Europe by Frederic Austin Ogg
Here also a witenagemot was summoned in 997.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various
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