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moothill

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A hill or elevated place where a meeting or council took place in Saxon England.

UK, historical

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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