witenagemot

American  

[wit-n-uh-guh-moht] / ˈwɪt n ə gəˌmoʊt /

noun

Early English History.

1. the assembly of the witan; the national council attended by the king, aldermen, bishops, and nobles.

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witenagemot British  

/ ˌwɪtɪnəɡɪˈməʊt /

noun

1. another word for witan

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Etymology

Origin of witenagemot

1585–95; Modern English < Old English, equivalent to witena, genitive plural of wita councilor ( see witan) + gemōt moot

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Example Sentences

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witenagemot

Here also a witenagemot was summoned in 997.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various

A superstition, as its name imports, is something that has been left to stand over, like unfinished business, from one session of the world's witenagemot to the next.

From Among My Books First Series by James Russell Lowell

The manor of Cheddar was a royal demesne in Saxon times, and the witenagemot was held there in 966 and 968.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various

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

Leofric, the good Earl of Mercia, stood forth as the champion of compromise and peace, and it was agreed that hostilities should be avoided and that the witenagemot should assemble at Michaelmas in London.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History by Sir John Alexander Hammerton

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