noun
- Plural of gemote; assemblies or councils in Anglo-Saxon England where local matters were discussed and justice administered.
Usage: archaic; historical; also spelled 'gemots'
Examples
- The gemotes of Anglo-Saxon England served as early forms of local government.
- Free men gathered at gemotes to settle disputes and make community decisions.
- Historians study gemotes to understand how justice was administered in medieval England.
- The gemotes represented an important precursor to later parliamentary institutions.