witenagemot

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* -- Associated with the king in the conduct of public business was the council of wise men, or witenagemot.

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  1. noun An Anglo-Saxon advisory council to the king, composed of about 100 nobles, prelates, and other officials, convened at intervals to discuss administrative and judicial affairs.

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  1. Old English witena gemōt, meeting of councilors : witena, genitive pl. of wita, councilor; see weid- in Indo-European roots + gemōt, meeting (ge-, collective pref.; see kom in Indo-European roots + mōt, meeting).

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  1. Anglo-Saxon witena gemōt, ‘counselors’ moot’: witena, genitive plural of wita, weota, gewita, a man of knowledge, a counselor; gemōt, moot or meet, assembly, council, parliament: see wit and moot.
 

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/ˈwɪtɛnəgɛˈmoʊt/
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