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