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gemoot

gemoot is the alternative form of gemot.

Meaning of gemot

Noun

gemot (plural gemots)

  1. (historical) A (legislative or judicial) assembly in Anglo-Saxon England.
    • a.d. 978. — In this year was held the celebrated gemot at Calne in Wiltshire, when the floor gave way […]1849, John Mitchell Kemble, The Saxons in England: A History
  2. (broadly, rare) Any assembly.
    • I have spoken to Veedron, a member of one of Trellisane's many gemots, or ruling councils.1984, David Dvorkin, The Trellisane Confrontation

Forms of gemoot

pluralgemoots

Questions about gemoot

What is gemoot the alternative form of?
Gemoot is the alternative form of gemot.

Words near gemoot in the dictionary

  1. gemologists
  2. gemology
  3. Gemonian
  4. gemonic
  5. gemony
  6. gemoot
  7. gemoots
  8. Gemora
  9. Gemoro
  10. Gemorra
  11. gemot

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