witenagemot

n. 盎格鲁-撒克逊时代的议会

发音

/ˈwɪtənəjəməʊt/

词形变化

witenagemots 复数 witenagemots

别名

wittena-gemot wittena-gemote wittenagemot witenagemote wittenagemote

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of several assemblies which existed in Anglo-Saxon England from the 7th to the 11th century, initially with regional jurisdiction (there being different ones in Essex, Kent, Mercia, Northumbria, Sussex and Wessex), later with national jurisdiction, made up of important noblemen.

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  2. 2.

    A specific session of such an assembly.

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词源

Learned borrowing from Old English witena ġemōt (literally “assembly of the wise”).

来源：wiktionary