witan

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The Anglo-Saxon national council or witenagemot.
    — But in estimating the powers of the witan, we must not lose sight of the fact, that the king sometimes assumes a tone of superiority scarcely consistent with its independence.

词形变化

witans plural

词源

Learned borrowing from Old English witan, plural of wita (“wise man”).
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