Pronunciations (2)
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/ɡɪˈməʊt/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ɡɪˈmoʊt/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
Noun
A (legislative or judicial) assembly in Anglo-Saxon England.
Usage- Historical
- Examples
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a.d. 978. — In this year was held the celebrated gemot at Calne in Wiltshire, when the floor gave way […]
Each division had a court subordinate to those that were superior, the highest in each shire being the shire-gemot, or folck-mote, […]
Any assembly.
Usage- broadly
- Rare
- Examples
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I have spoken to Veedron, a member of one of Trellisane's many gemots, or ruling councils.