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  • noun (AS. Hist.) A meeting of wise men; the national council, or legislature, of England in the days of the Anglo-Saxons, before the Norman Conquest.

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  • noun historical A meeting of wise men; the national council or legislature of England in the days of the Anglo-Saxons, before the Norman Conquest.

Etymologies

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Anglo-Saxon, meaning "an assembly of the wise".

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Examples

  • In the witenagemote of the earlier tongs, in the parliament of the later kings, in the Massachusetts town-meeting and in the Virginia House of Burgesses, in the legislature of every

    The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) Various

  • They came together that beautiful September day, under the great oaks, a witenagemote of serious, liberty-loving men, ready to follow wherever their leaders pointed.

    A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West Hamlin Garland 1900

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