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  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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