witan

witan (wit-[schwa]n). [Anglo-Saxon “wise men”] Hist. The members of the king’s council who sat to assist the king in administrative and judicial matters. • Among the members were ealdormen, bishops, abbots, high officers, and occasionally the king’s friends and relatives.

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译员李明，毕业于英国顶尖的高级翻译学院，专注翻译各种与调查和白领犯罪辩护有关的法律文件。