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  • noun A (German) prince (prince-elector or simply elector) entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

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Examples

  • The Ascanian line continued till 1319, and was followed by a period of political anarchy and disturbance, until finally Friedrich, Count of Hohenzollern, acquired the electorate, and became known as the Elector Friedrich I.

    German Culture Past and Present Ernest Belfort Bax 1890

  • Let me hear one of you call the Elector of Hanover by that name, and I'll -- I'll --.

    Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow Emily Sarah Holt 1864

  • Great suspicions are entertained respecting the children of the Bavaria family, that is, the Elector and his brothers, who are thought to have been the progeny of an Italian doctor named Simoni.

    The Entire Memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency d'Orleans, Charlotte -Elisabeth, duchesse 2001

  • Bavaria family, that is, the Elector and his brothers, who are thought to have been the progeny of an Italian doctor named Simoni.

    Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

  • What particularly attracted the Emperor in the history of the Elector was the fact that he was the first Hohenzollern who saw the importance of promoting trade and industry, building a navy, and acquiring colonies.

    William of Germany Stanley Shaw

  • As early as 1516 he wrote to Spalatin, who was the link of intercourse between him and the Elector, Frederick the Wise, that the Elector was the most prudent of men in the things of this world, but was afflicted with sevenfold blindness in matters concerning God and the salvation of the soul.

    The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 Various

  • In order to extort concessions from the emperor, a union of Protestant princes was formed, containing among its members the zealous young Calvinist prince of the Palatinate, Frederick, commonly called the Elector Palatine of the Rhine.

    A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Carlton J. H. Hayes 1923

  • What particularly attracted the Emperor in the history of the Elector was the fact that he was the first Hohenzollern who saw the importance of promoting trade and industry, building a navy, and acquiring colonies.

    William of Germany Shaw, Stanley 1913

  • When Melanchthon called the Elector's attention to the possible consequences of his signing the Augsburg Confession, the latter answered that he would do what was right, without concerning himself about his electoral dignity; he would confess his Lord, whose cross he prized higher than all the power of the world.

    Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church 1894

  • The Elector was the Governor, and the Estate was what would be to us a

    Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators Elbert Hubbard 1885

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