What does moothill mean?
Moothill means (UK, law, historical) A hill or elevated place where a meeting or council took place in Saxon England.
Moothill
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Moothill is a noun meaning (UK, law, historical) A hill or elevated place where a meeting or council took place in Saxon England.
Meaning
(UK, law, historical) A hill or elevated place where a meeting or council took place in Saxon England.
Example Sentences
The life, the sovereignty of the settlement resided solely in the body of the freeman whose holdings lay round the moothill or the sacred tree where the community met from time to time to deal out its own justice or make its own laws.
Word Forms
- moothills
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include shiremoot, hillock, callow hill, tower hill, box hill, hillhead.
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How do you use moothill in a sentence?
The life, the sovereignty of the settlement resided solely in the body of the freeman whose holdings lay round the moothill or the sacred tree where the community met from time to time to deal out its own justice or make its own laws.
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