Hypertext Webster Gateway: "witan"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Witan \Wit"an\, n. pl. [AS., pl. of wita sage, councilor.]
Lit., wise men; specif. (A.-S. Hist.), the members of the
national, or king's, council which sat to assist the king in
administrative and judicial matters; also, the council.
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