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folk⋅moot

  [fohk-moot]
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–noun
(formerly, in England) a general assembly of the people of a shire, town, etc.
Also, folk⋅mote, folk⋅mot  [fohk-moht] .

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE folcmōt folk meeting. See folk, moot 1
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folk·moot   (fōk'mōōt')   
n.  A general assembly of the people of a town, district, or shire in medieval England.

[Middle English, from Old English folcmōt : folc, folk; see folk + mōt, meeting.]
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