wittenagemot

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A form of witenagemot — Any of several assemblies which existed in Anglo-Saxon England from the 7th to the 11th century, initially with regional jurisdiction (there being different ones in Essex, Kent, Mercia, Northumbria, Sussex and Wessex), later with national jurisdiction, made up of important noblemen.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounwittenagemot (plural wittenagemots)

plural wittenagemots

  1. alternativeAlternative form of witenagemot (“Anglo-Saxon assembly”).
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