Gemot

Pronunciation

• enPR: gÄ•'mōt, RP IPA: /ɡɪˈməʊt/, GA IPA: /ɡɪˈmoÊŠt/

Alternative forms

• gemoot
• gemote

Origin

From Old English gemōt, see below

Full definition of gemot

Noun

1. public meeting
2. judicial assemblyEach division had a court subordinate to those that were superior, the highest in each shire being the shire-gemot, or folck-mote, ... — Geoff Horton, The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints, 1895
3. assembly, council, mootI have spoken to Veedron, a member of one of Trellisane's many gemots, or ruling councils. — David Dvorkin, The Trellisane Confrontation, 1984----