electorialadj.
/iːlɛkˈtɔːrɪəl/ = electoral adj. in its various senses.
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society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > [adjective] > relating to or composed of electors
electorala1691
electorial1790
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [adjective] > of or relating to German elector
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1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 48 Erect themselves into an electorial college. View more context for this quotation
1822 New Monthly Mag. 5 271 Disentangling themselves at once from their electorial perplexities.
1829 K. H. Digby Broad Stone of Honour: Godefridus xix. 232 The first class of the nobility of Venice is of the electorial families.
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