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English
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Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old English ġemōt (“meeting, council, moot, encounter”).
Pronunciation
Noun
gemot (plural gemots)
- (historical) A (legislative or judicial) assembly in Anglo-Saxon England.
1849, John Mitchell Kemble, The Saxons in England: A History:a.d. 978. — In this year was held the celebrated gemot at Calne in Wiltshire, when the floor gave way […]
1895, Geoff Horton, The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints:Each division had a court subordinate to those that were superior, the highest in each shire being the shire-gemot, or folck-mote, […]
- (by extension, rare) Any assembly.
1984, David Dvorkin, The Trellisane Confrontation:I have spoken to Veedron, a member of one of Trellisane's many gemots, or ruling councils.
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Old English
Etymology
From ġe- + *mōt, the latter from Proto-Germanic *mōtą (“meeting”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ġemōt n
- meeting (encounter, assembly, or confluence)
- court or judicial assembly
Declension
Declension of gemot (strong a-stem)
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