Definition of Folkmote. Meaning of Folkmote. Synonyms of Folkmote

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Folkmote. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Folkmote and, of course, Folkmote synonyms and on the right images related to the word Folkmote.

Definition of Folkmote

Folkmote
Folkmote Folk"mote`, n. [AS. folcm[=o]t folk meeting.] An assembly of the people; esp. (Sax. Law), a general assembly of the people to consider and order matters of the commonwealth; also, a local court. [Hist.] To which folkmote they all with one consent Agreed to travel. --Spenser.

Meaning of Folkmote from wikipedia

- A thing, also known as a folkmoot, ****embly, tribal council, and by other names, was a governing ****embly in early Germanic society, made up of the free...
- which had historically been used to peal the summons to the Cheapside Folkmote. The parish later moved to the Jesus chapel during the reign of Edward...
- spectators from at least 40 states. In Anglo-Saxon England, a folkmoot or folkmote (Old English - a meeting of the people) was a governing general ****embly...