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electorates

[ih-lek-ter-it]

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noun

1.

the body of persons entitled to vote in an election.

2.

the dignity or territory of an Elector of the Holy Roman Empire.

Origin:
1665–75; elector + -ate³

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electorate

1670s, in reference to Germany, from elector + -ate (1). Meaning whole body of voters is from 1879.

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