gemote

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gemote - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gemote \Ge*mote"\, n. [As. gem?t an assembly. See Meet, v. t.]
     (AS. Hist.)
     A meeting; -- used in combination, as, Witenagemote, an
     assembly of the wise men.
     [1913 Webster]

gemote - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  GEMOTE. An assembly. Wittena gemote, during the time of the Saxons in 
  England, signified an assembly of wise men. The parliament.