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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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
The expedient of representation first found its beginning in the Saxon witenagemot.
From Experiments in Government and the Essentials of the Constitution by Elihu Root
He was probably the first king to introduce written law into Wessex, viz., his famous “Dooms,” enacted by a West Saxon witenagemot in the early years of his reign.635.Winchester.
From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Cuthbert Bede
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
A witenagemot was held there in 934, so that Frome must already have been a place of some size.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
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