Gemoot

Pronunciation

• enPR: gÄ•'moÍžot

Alternative forms

• gemot
• gemote

Origin

From Old English gemōt ("meeting, council, moot, encounter"), equivalent to - + moot

Full definition of gemoot

Noun

1. public meeting, social gathering, folkmoot
• How to form an Odinist Gemoot — ISBN-13: 9780950461311, 1975
• Meetings held by ruling 'free men' were known under several names such as 'thing,' 'ding' or (ge)moot. — Wilbert Van Vree, Meetings, Manners and Civilization: The Development of Modern Meeting Behaviour, 1999
2. judicial assembly
3. assembly, council
• For an instance of a Gemoot summoned by a King, see ... — Sir Francis Palgrave, The Rise and Progress of the English Commonwealth, Part 2, 1832
• Harold was, in fact, chosen by the Witan gemoot, in accordance with English law at the time. — John Edward Fehay, The Pope and the Norman Invasion, 2008

Related terms

• moot