Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A public meeting or local judicial assembly in Anglo-Saxon England.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A meeting; an assembly: occurring in modern English only as a historical term (particularly in Witenagemot, which see) with reference to the Anglo-Saxon period.
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- noun public meeting
- noun judicial assembly
- noun
assembly ,council ,moot
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Any matter not thus covered is overseen by cooperative councils of gemot representatives, such as the supreme council to which Veedron belongs.
The Trellisane Confrontation David Dvorkin 1990
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Anyone can punish one of us, and there is no gemot to stand in the way.
The Trellisane Confrontation David Dvorkin 1990
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Of course there's a gemot, and it doesn't allow men like these to own a boat or go fishing on their own.
The Trellisane Confrontation David Dvorkin 1990
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I was officially informed by a representative of the Food Provenders gemot.
The Trellisane Confrontation David Dvorkin 1990
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He turned to his neighbor on his right, a distinguished, elderly, grey-bearded gentleman wearing the subdued robes of the Building Erectors gemot.
The Trellisane Confrontation David Dvorkin 1990
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Geldop is the current head of the Food Provenders' gemot.
The Trellisane Confrontation David Dvorkin 1990
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The Trellisanians in fact had nothing to bargain with, and they knew it, and this had elicited in the gemot leaders a sudden and surprising stubbornness founded on wounded pride.
The Trellisane Confrontation David Dvorkin 1990
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The group made its way as quickly as possible to the headquarters building of the Protocol Binders gemot.
The Trellisane Confrontation David Dvorkin 1990
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Matabele: there must be a man—no, a being—he could admire and respect, certainly more so than he could feel anything of such emotions toward Veedron or the other gemot leaders.
The Trellisane Confrontation David Dvorkin 1990
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Kirk and Spock had managed to obtain transportation back to Veedron's headquarters building, which was in fact the administrative headquarters only of the Protocol Binders gemot, the gemot of which Veedron was head.
The Trellisane Confrontation David Dvorkin 1990
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