Gemote

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gemote \Ge*mote"\, n. [As. gem?t an assembly. See {Meet}, v. t.]
     (AS. Hist.)
     A meeting; -- used in combination, as, Witenagemote, an
     assembly of the wise men.
     [1913 Webster]



From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  GEMOTE. An assembly. Wittena gemote, during the time of the Saxons in 
  England, signified an assembly of wise men. The parliament.