wardmote
/ (ˈwɔːdməʊt) /
British an assembly of the citizens or liverymen of a ward
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How to use wardmote in a sentence
It was divided into wards, answering to hundreds in the county; each having its own wardmote, or leet, under its elected alderman.
About the middle of last December, I received a citation to attend a wardmote, to be held in the schoolroom of my parish.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 432 | VariousSecondly, they are presidents of the wardmote and governors each of that ward whereby he was elected.
The Commonwealth of Oceana | James HarringtonWhen the play differs from Holinshed it differs also from the wardmote Book.
Arden of Feversham | AnonymousMr. Houston, the attorney who officiated at the wardmote, was not suffered to make his report of the election.
London and the Kingdom - Volume III | Reginald R. Sharpe
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