Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The office of an elector.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The office or status of an elector.
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- noun The position or term of an
elector .
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Examples
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Their profession was forgotten in their electorship.
Lay Morals 2005
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Lusatia which had been conceded to it in 1620; Bavaria was left in possession of the Upper Palatinate and of the fourth electorship, while a new, eighth electorate was created for the Palatinate; by the intervention of France, Brandenburg received, besides Further
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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Their profession was forgotten in their electorship.
Lay Morals Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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Your very gravedigger has forgotten his avocation in his electorship, and would quibble on the Franchise over Ophelia's grave, instead of more appropriately discussing the duration of bodies under ground.
Lay Morals Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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Your very gravedigger has forgotten his avocation in his electorship, and would quibble on the Franchise over Ophelia’s grave, instead of more appropriately discussing the duration of bodies under ground.
Lay Morals 2005
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The Princess loves you, and may bring you an electorship as a bridal gift. "
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