wit·e·na·ge·mot (w t n- -g-m t )n. An Anglo-Saxon advisory council to the king, composed of about 100 nobles, prelates, and other officials, convened at intervals to discuss administrative and judicial affairs. [Old English witena gem t, meeting of councilors : witena, genitive pl. of wita, councilor; see weid- in Indo-European roots + gemt, meeting (ge-, collective pref.; see kom in Indo-European roots + mt, meeting).] |
witenagemot [ˌwɪtɪnəgɪˈməʊt]
n
(Historical Terms) another word for witan
[Old English witena, genitive plural of wita councillor + gemōt meeting, moot]
Witenagemot an assembly or council of the Witan, the Anglo-Saxon Council to the king; a modern assembly, e.g., the first select Witenagemot of the Sciences of the World, 1899; the Witenagemot at Cambridge, 1833.
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