Obs. [ad. L. ēligent-em, pr. pple. of ēligĕre to choose.] One who chooses; also, one who elects (to an office); = ELECTOR.
a. 1670. Hacket, Abp. Williams, II. (1693), 201. In Polonia … the Eligents, who make the King by their Vote, are tyed fast by their Oaths and Faith, to their own Act.
1688. Norris, Theory Love (1694), 198. That which determines the Choice of the Eligent.
