Wĭt'e-na-gē-mōte, n.

(Synop., § 130), n. [A-S. wite-na gemōt, an assembly of the wise, from wīta, a wise man, and gemōt, a meeting, assembly.] (Eng. Antiq.) A meeting of wise men; the national council or legislature of England in the days of the Anglo-Saxons, before the Conquest. [Obs.]