Home › Words › W › wardmotewardmote/ˈwɔːdməʊt/wardmote means A meeting of the inhabitants of a ward, especially in the City of London.wardmote is pronounced /ˈwɔːdməʊt/.EtymologyFrom Middle English wardmote. Equivalent to ward + moot.nounA meeting of the inhabitants of a ward, especially in the City of London.e.g.“Association was built into the structure of communal government in the City's wardmotes and precinct meetings and in the open vestries of many suburban parishes.” — 2012, Jerry White, London in the Eighteenth Century, Bodley Head, published 2017, page 121:A court formerly held in each ward of London, England for trying defaults in matters relating to the watch, police, and the like.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.woodmote 70% match — A court, presided over by verderers and the warden, that dealt with those who had broken the laws of the forest. vs wardmote →folkmoot 64% match — A general meeting (assembly) of the people of a town, district, or shire. vs wardmote →shiremote 62% match — An English court of the county held periodically by the sheriff together with the bishop or the ealdorman. vs wardmote →hallmote 61% match — In England, a court held in a justice's hall; a court-leet; court-baron. vs wardmote →markmoot 61% match — A meeting of freemen who cultivated the land under the mark system. vs wardmote →wardmaster 60% match — An alderman or director of a city ward in the Netherlands or a Dutch colony. vs wardmote →gemot 58% match — A (legislative or judicial) assembly in Anglo-Saxon England. vs wardmote →aldermanry 58% match — A district of a borough having its own alderman; a ward. vs wardmote →