单词 | micklegemot |
释义 | † micklegemotn. Anglo-Saxon History. Obsolete. (A meeting of) the great council or assembly of counsellors of the Anglo-Saxon kings. Cf. micklemote n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of deliberative or legislative assembly > [noun] > English witenagemotc1000 portmanmoot1185 swanimote1189 folkmoota1513 micklemote1647 micklegemota1683 tun-moot1881 OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.i) anno 977 Her wæs þæt myccle gemot æt Kyrtlingtune. OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.iv) anno 1020 Þa on Eastron wæs micel gemot æt Cyrenceastre, þa geutlagade man Æþelward ealdorman.] a1683 A. Sidney Disc. Govt. (1704) iii. xxviii. 349 Sometimes meeting personally in the Micklegemots. a1699 T. Comber Dial. Tithes in Compan. Temple (1702) II. 560 A Micelgemot or great Council (now called a Parliament). 1729 J. Bramston Art of Politicks 40 In ancient Egbert's Reign The Members to the Mitchelgemot went, In after Ages call'd the Parliament. 1844 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. i. 4 Whether a Great Council or a Witenagemote, or a Michelgemote, or a Colloquium, or a Parliament. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1683 |
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