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单词 portmanmoot
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portmanmootn.

Brit. /ˌpɔːtmənˈmuːt/, U.S. /ˌpɔrtmənˈmut/
Forms:

α. early Middle English portemannemot, early Middle English portmannemot, early Middle English portmannimot, Middle English portmanemot, 1700s portmannimote, 1800s portmanemote.

β. Middle English portmannesmot, Middle English portmannysmote, Middle English portmennysmoote, Middle English portmennysmot.

γ. Middle English 1700s 1900s– portmanmote, 1900s– portmanmoot.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: portman n.1, i-moot n.; portman n.1; English portmen , moot n.1
Etymology: In α. forms < portman n.1 + i-moot n. In β. forms < the genitive either of portman n.1 or of its plural portmen + moot n.1 In γ. forms < portman n.1 + moot n.1 Compare post-classical Latin portmanimotum , portimannimotum (c1200, 1324 respectively in British sources). Compare portmoot n.There is no evidence of an Old English form *portmanna gemōt.
Now historical.
The assembly of the portmen of a borough or town; a court or common council of portmen.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of deliberative or legislative assembly > [noun] > English
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1185 in H. E. Salter Cartulary Oseney Abbey (1929) I. 82 Hec concordia fuit facta in portmannimot in Oxeneford.
1277 in 8th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS: Pt. 1 (1881) App. 409/1 in Parl. Papers (C. 3040) LV. 1 Les delays de la curt de portemannemot de Leycestre.
a1300 (c1200) Chron. Jocelin of Brakelond 101 Et curia celerarii ueniret ad portmannemot.
1330 ( Charter Roll, 4 Edward III (P.R.O.: C 53/117) m. 23 Homines suos liberos & quietos de..portmannesmot & Tuncipesmot.
1388 Inquisition Misc. (P.R.O.: C 145/238/1A) Firma tolnet. fori & Nundinarum cum proficuis Curie de Portmannesmot.
1398 Inquisition Misc. (P.R.O.: C 145/270/11) m. 6 Perquisit. Curie & Portmanmote.
c1436 Domesday Ipswich (BL Add. 25011) in T. Twiss Black Bk. Admiralty (1873) II. 21 The grete plees of the same toun that ben Portmannysmotes [a1350 BL Add. 25012 portmanemotes] shuld bene pleted at alle dayes a fore the ballives of the toun.
a1525 Coventry Leet Bk. 322 Ric. Hykman, deyster, stode condempned a-fore the Mair and shirrefs of this Cite in the Court of portmanmote.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Portmannimote, (in ancient Deeds) the Portmote or Port-men's Court, held in any City, Town, or Community.
1881 8th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS App. i. 409/1 The long-lost Charter of Edmund (Crouchback) Earl of Leicester: reforming the laws and processes of the Leicester portmanemote, and confirming all the franchises of the burgh, not affected by the charter.
1948 D. Knowles Relig. Orders in Eng. xxii. 264 The alderman was opposite number to the bailiff; the presence of both was necessary at the portmanmote and market court.
1962 W. O. Hassall How they Lived 52 The Abbot ordered that twenty shillings should be given to the Cellarer every year at the next portmanmoot before August, this sum to be paid through the town reeve by burgesses.
1997 D. Nicholas Growth of Medieval City vii. 237 In the fourteenth century the guild became more powerful, assuming control of city finance, while the portmanmoot declined into a court for minor actions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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