| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| witenagemot |
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| SYLLABICATION: | wit·e·na·ge·mot |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  w t n- -g-m t |
| NOUN: | 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. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Old English witena gemt, meeting of councilors : witena, genitive pl. of wita, councilor; see weid- in Appendix I + gemt, meeting ( ge-, collective pref.; see kom in Appendix I + mt, meeting).
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