2. Noun. judicial assembly ¹
3. Noun. assembly, council, moot ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gemot
1. a public meeting in Anglo-Saxon England [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gemot
Literary usage of Gemot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Saxons in England: A History of the English Commonwealth Till the Period by John Mitchell Kemble (1876)
"In this year was held the celebrated gemot at Calne in Wiltshire, when the floor
gave way and ... In this year there was at least one gemot at Winchester". ..."
2. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1885)
"This is somewhat striking from the fact that it was at Oxford the gemot of 1018
was held in which occurs the passage 'then the Danes and Angles were ..."
3. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1876)
"The assembly met, a gathering of the whole people of gemot at Northumberland,
... The gemot was held, according to ancient English 1 Flor. Wig. 1080. ..."
4. Readings in Descriptive and Historical Sociology by Franklin Henry Giddings (1906)
"PLUTARCH, Lives of Illustrious Men, translated by AH CLOUGH, in. Of Him Who fails
to Attend the gemot If any one [when summoned] fail to attend the ..."
5. The History of England: As Well Ecclesiastical as Civil. By Mr. De Rapin by Rapin de Thoyras (Paul) (1726)
"... -gemot. THERE are fome, who are of Opinion -that the I. opinion ... -gemot or
Parliament, is of a later Date in '*«'tl" England than the Royal Power, ..."
6. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1898)
"gemot of 9. Immediately after the completion of the Domesday Sur- ... caned together
the famous gemot of Salisbury,2 in which was carried out the most ..."
7. The Rise and Progress of the English Constitution: The Treatise of J. L. de by Jean Louis de Lolme, Archibald John Stephens (1838)
"From the language of the Anglo-Saxon laws, and signa- component 1 The "gemot"
and its members have various appellations. In the vernacular tongue they were ..."
8. The History of the Anglo-Saxons from the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest by Sharon Turner (1841)
"... yet, who would infer from their non-appearance that the nobles were not summoned
to the gemot, and had no right to be there. The earliest summons of the ..."
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