[f. ELECTOR + -SHIP.]

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  1.  The state or dignity, or the dominions, of a German Elector.

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1624.  Aphor. State, in Harl. Misc. (Malh.), III. 501. Revoke the electorship from the Duke of Bavaria.

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1678.  Wanley, Wond. Lit. World, V. i. § 102. 468/2. The King … of Bohemia … is proscribed and put out of his Electorship.

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1762.  trans. Busching’s Syst. Geog., V. 632. Neumark remained still to the electorship.

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  2.  The state or condition a. of a voter; b. of a member of the (U.S.) Electoral College.

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1870.  Daily News, 16 Feb., 5/5. If appearances are any test of electorship, there were not a score of voters amongst them.

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1871.  Freeman, Hist. Ess., Ser. I. xii. 393. Candidate for the electorship of the President.

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