electorshipn.
/ɪˈlɛktəʃɪp/ 1. The state or dignity, or the dominions, of a German Elector.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > German elector > position of
prince-electorship1583
electorality1620
electorship1624
electorate1827
1624 Aphor. of State in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) III. 501 Revoke the electorship from the Duke of Bavaria.
1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World v. i. §102. 468/2 The King..of Bohemia..is proscribed and put out of his Electorship.
1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. V. 632 Neumark remained still to the electorship.
2. The state or condition:
a. of a voter.
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society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [noun] > one who has right to vote > state or condition of
electorship1870
1870 Daily News 16 Feb. If appearances are any test of electorship, there were not a score of voters amongst them.
b. of a member of the (U.S.) Electoral College.
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society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > [noun] > elector > electoral body > membership of
electorship1871
1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Ess. 1st Ser. xii. 393 Candidate for the electorship of the President.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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