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witenagemot

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  1. witan                 
 
wi.te.na.ge.mot or wi.te.na.ge.mote \'wit-*n-*-g*-.mo-t\ n [OE witena 
   gemo-t, fr. witena (gen. pl. of wita sage, advi]ser) + gemo-t gemot : an 
   Anglo-saxon council of perhaps 100 nobles, prelates, and influential  
   officials convened from time to time to advise the king on administrative 
   and judicial matters