[f. ELECT v. + -ING1.] The action of the verb ELECT.
1611. in Picton, L’pool Munic. Rec. (1883), I. 160. The ellecting of a Towne Clarke.
1687. in Magd. Coll. & Jas. II. (Oxf. Hist. Soc.), 88. The Electing of the Bishop of Oxford.
[f. ELECT v. + -ING1.] The action of the verb ELECT.
1611. in Picton, L’pool Munic. Rec. (1883), I. 160. The ellecting of a Towne Clarke.
1687. in Magd. Coll. & Jas. II. (Oxf. Hist. Soc.), 88. The Electing of the Bishop of Oxford.
