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‖ commot Welsh Hist.|ˈkʌmət|
Forms: 5 commott, 6–8 comot, 7– commot(e.
[a. Welsh cymwd, kymwt, in mod.W. cwmmwd, neighbourhood, locality (cf. cymydog neighbour).]
In Wales, a territorial and administrative division; usually subordinate to a cantref or cantred.
[1284Statut. Walliæ (Spelman), Vicecomes de Kaernarvan sub quo Cantreda de Arvan, Cantreda de Artlentayth, Commotum de Conkyn, Cantreda de Ailen, & Commotum de Irmemch.] 1495Act 11 Hen. VII, c. 33 §17 The commottis of Nanconwey and Dynllane. 1535Act 27 Hen. VIII, c. 26 §3 Manours..within the compas..of the said..parishes, commotes, & cantredes. 1584H. Lloyd Caradoc's Hist. Cambria 12. 1610 Holland Camden's Brit. i. 665 Eastward..standeth Mouthwy a Commot very well knowne. 1627Speed England i. §7 They [the Cantreves] were sub⁓diuided into their Cymedeu or Commots. 1723H. Rowlands Mona Antiqua (1766) 114 Anglesey is..divided..into three Cantrefs, and each of these into two Comots. 1836J. Downes Mt. Decam. I. 156 On the promontory of the Creiddyn, that commot or hundred of Carnarvonshire.
b. Sometimes identified with: A seigniory, lordship, or manor.
1628Coke On Litt. 5 a, A commote is a great seigniory and may include one or divers manors. 1889H. Lewis Anc. Laws Wales 162–3.
¶ Ignorant writers have confounded the word with OE. mót, ᵹemót, or L. commōtus, and spoken of it as a gathering or assembly. In Les Termes de la Ley (1641) it is confounded with commorth (misspelt commoith). |