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noun
- The Anglo-Saxon national council or witenagemot.
- 1833: But in estimating the powers of the , we must not lose sight of the fact, that the king sometimes assumes a tone of superiority scarcely consistent with its independence. " SA Dunham, Europe in the Middle Ages (Green & Longman, p.48)
- The members of such an assembly.
Etymology: Old English witanOld English, witan, plural of wita "wise man".
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