noun
- Plural of folkmot; assemblies of the people in Anglo-Saxon England where local matters were discussed and justice administered.
Usage: historical; archaic; also spelled folkmoots
Examples
- The folkmots served as early democratic institutions in medieval England.
- Local disputes were often resolved at the folkmots rather than by royal decree.
- Freemen gathered at folkmots to participate in community governance.
- The folkmots represented an important precursor to modern parliamentary systems.