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Definition of Commote
1. v. t. To commove; to disturb; to stir up.
Definition of Commote
1. Noun. A secular division of land in mediaeval Wales. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Commote
1. commot [n -S] - See also: commot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Commote
Literary usage of Commote
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Treatise on Architectural Jurisprudence: In which the by James Elmes (1827)
"commote, says Lord Coke (a), is a great signory, Definition of and may include
one or divers manors; but by the name of a town, says his Lordship, villa, ..."
2. The Itinerary of John Leland in Or about the Years 1535-1543: Parts I to [XI] by John Leland (1906)
"Baled a litle poore market is yn this commote ... Much wood yn this commote.
Litle corne. There be great hilles yn this ..."
3. A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest by John Edward Lloyd (1912)
"In the laws it is the commote which appears as the living and active body, the
references to the cantref being for the most part perfunctory, ..."
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