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Electoral definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ELECT'ORAL, a. Pertaining to election or electors. The electoral college in Germany consisted of all the electors of the empire, being nine in number, six secular princes and three archbishops.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of or relating to elections; "electoral process"
2: relating to or composed of electors; "electoral college"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1675 1. of or relating to an elector <the electoral vote> 2. of or relating to election <an electoral system> • electorally adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. relating to or ranking as electors. Phrases and idioms: electoral college 1 a body of persons representing the States of the US, who cast votes for the election of the President. 2 a body of electors. Derivatives: electorally adv.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Electoral is used to describe things that are connected with elections. The Mongolian Democratic Party is campaigning for electoral reform. ...Italy's electoral system of proportional representation. ADJ: ADJ n • electorally He believed that the policies were both wrong and electorally disastrous. ADV: ADV adj/-ed, ADV after v, ADV with cl