gemot

/ɡɪˈməʊt/

Etymology

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

noun

  1. 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 […]”
  2. Any assembly.“I have spoken to Veedron, a member of one of Trellisane's many gemots, or ruling councils.”