folkmoot
folkmoot noun: a general meeting (assembly) of the people of a town, district, or shire.
Noun
folkmoot (plural folkmoots)
- A general meeting (assembly) of the people of a town, district, or shire.
- To which folke-mote they all with one consent […] Agreed to travell, and their fortunes try.1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book IV
- Yet even in the seven kingdoms, even in the united kingdom, when there was a general summons to the host, some concentration of the armed folkmoots must have taken place.1897, William Stubbs, The Constitutional History of England in Its Origin and Development, 6th edition, volume 1, page 134
Examples of folkmoot in a sentence
- If the accused did not appear on the day named for the trial, he was outlawed at the folkmoot.1919, F. J. Snell, The Customs of Old England:
- Since marital, hiring, and other contracts were made in the folkmoots, it is likely that justice was administered there.1963, James Alexander Robertson, editor, The Hispanic American Historical Review, volume 8, page 463:
- […] slay Ermanaric in one quick, clean blow, and afterward call a folkmoot to pick a new king who shall be righteous.1983, Poul Anderson, Time Patrolman (fiction):
- The folkmoot retained various responsibilities, but most important business, including dealing with those who failed to attend the chief folkmoots, took place at the husting.2003, John Hamilton Baker, The Oxford History of the Laws of England: c. 900-1216, Oxford University Press, page 819:
Forms of folkmoot
| plural | folkmoots |
|---|---|
| alternative form | folkmot |
| alternative form | folkmote |
Origin of folkmoot
From Old English folcġemōt (“meeting of the people of a town or district”), equivalent to folk + moot.
Questions about folkmoot
- What does folkmoot mean?
- Folkmoot means a general meeting (assembly) of the people of a town, district, or shire.
- How do you use folkmoot in a sentence?
- If the accused did not appear on the day named for the trial, he was outlawed at the folkmoot.
- What part of speech is folkmoot?
- Folkmoot is a noun.
- What is the plural of folkmoot?
- The plural of folkmoot is folkmoots.
Words near folkmoot in the dictionary
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