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单词 folkmoot
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folkmoot

[ fohk-moot ]
/ ˈfoʊkˌmut /

noun

(formerly, in England) a general assembly of the people of a shire, town, etc.
Also folk·mote, folk·mot [fohk-moht]. /ˈfoʊkˌmoʊt/.

Origin of folkmoot

before 1000; Middle English; Old English folcmōt folk meeting. See folk, moot1

Words nearby folkmoot

folkloristics, folk magic, folk mass, folk medicine, folk memory, folkmoot, folk music, folknik, folkright, folk rock, folk-sing
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Example sentences from the Web for folkmoot

  • If the accused did not appear on the day named for the trial, he was outlawed at the folkmoot.

    The Customs of Old England|F. J. Snell
  • It was here no question of 'the laws and rights of Englishmen':35 it was to no folkmoot that William Rufus spoke.

    Feudal England -- Historical Studies On The Eleventh And Twelfth Centuries|J.H. Round

British Dictionary definitions for folkmoot

folkmoot

folkmote or folkmot (ˈfəʊkˌməʊt)

/ (ˈfəʊkˌmuːt) /

noun

(in early medieval England) an assembly of the people of a district, town, or shire

Word Origin for folkmoot

Old English folcmōt, from folc folk + mōt from mǣtan to meet 1
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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