noun
- a general assembly of the people in Anglo-Saxon England, typically held to discuss local affairs and administer justice
Usage: historical; also spelled folkemoot or folcmoot
Examples
- The folkmoot served as an early form of democratic governance in Anglo-Saxon communities.
- Local disputes were often resolved at the folkmoot rather than by royal decree.
- Historians study the folkmoot to understand how ordinary people participated in medieval English law.
- The folkmoot represented one of the earliest examples of collective decision-making in English history.