Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- 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 ofwise men; thenational council orlegislature ofEngland in the days of theAnglo-Saxons , before the Norman Conquest.
Etymologies
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Anglo-Saxon, meaning "an assembly of the wise".
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Examples
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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
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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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