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folkmoot

[fohk-moot]

noun

(formerly, in England) a general assembly of the people of a shire, town, etc.

Also, folk·mote, folk·mot

[fohk-moht] .

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

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folkmoot, folkmote or folkmot (ˈfəʊkˌmuːt, ˈfəʊkˌməʊt)

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

[Old English folcmōt, from folcfolk + mōt from mǣtan to meet¹]

folkmote, folkmote or folkmot

—n

[Old English folcmōt, from folcfolk + mōt from mǣtan to meet¹]

folkmot, folkmote or folkmot

—n

[Old English folcmōt, from folcfolk + mōt from mǣtan to meet¹]

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