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Definition of Folkmote
1. n. An assembly of the people
Definition of Folkmote
1. Noun. (alternative form of folkmoot) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Folkmote
1. folkmoot [n -S] - See also: folkmoot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Folkmote
Literary usage of Folkmote
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"The people, it is stated, used to be summoned to the folkmote by the ringing of
a bell, hanging in a tower which stood on the ground. ..."
2. The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events by Leigh Hunt (1859)
"... Cross—The folkmote—The Sermons—Jane Shore—See-saw of Popery and Protestantism—London
House— The Charnel—The Lollards' Tower—St. Paul's ..."
3. The Political State of the British Empire: Containing a General View of the by John Adolphus (1818)
"The folkmote or hall-mote belongs to the fe- veral companies of citizens, by whom
it is occasionally held in their ..."
4. A History of the Weald of Kent: With an Outline of the Early History of the by Robert Furley (1871)
"Thus Dr. Brady infers from the laws of our Saxon kings that the folkmote was an
inferior ... Manwood limits the application of the term folkmote to London. ..."
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