Witan
noun, Early English History.
1.
the members of the national council or witenagemot.
2.
(used with a singular verb) the witenagemot.
noun (in Anglo-Saxon England)
1.
an assembly of higher ecclesiastics and important laymen, including king’s thegns, that met to counsel the king on matters such as judicial problems
2.
the members of this assembly
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