Moot-house

Moot-house
Moot-hall Moot"-hall`, Moot-house Moot"-house`, n. [AS. m[=o]th?s.] A hall for public meetings; a hall of judgment. [Obs.] ``The moot-hall of Herod.'' --Wyclif. [1913 Webster]

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