gemot

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UK/ɡɪˈməʊt/US/ɡɪˈmoʊt/

noun

A (legislative or judicial) assembly in Anglo-Saxon England.

OriginOld English ġemōt →
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Meanings

noungemot (plural gemots)

plural gemots · alternative gemote · alternative gemoot

  1. historicalA (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
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    Each division had a court subordinate to those that were superior, the highest in each shire being the shire-gemot, or folck-mote, […]

    1895, Geoff Horton, The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints
  2. broadlyrareAny assembly.

    I have spoken to Veedron, a member of one of Trellisane's many gemots, or ruling councils.

    1984, David Dvorkin, The Trellisane Confrontation

Origin

  1. Old Englishġemōt“meeting, council, moot, encounter”
  2. Englishgemot

Learned borrowing from Old English ġemōt (“meeting, council, moot, encounter”).

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APA

gemot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gemot

MLA

“gemot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gemot. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gemot,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gemot.

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