electorates in English

noun
1
all the people in a country or area who are entitled to vote in an election.
But the rules changed and the electorate was entitled to vote by post without giving a reason.
2
the office or territories of a German elector.
Originally, the Duke held the electorate personally, but it was later made hereditary along with the duchy.

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1. Electorates, Archbishopricks, Landgravates, etc, etc

2. The policy built up support for the Liberal party in rural North Island electorates.

3. Before Concorde's flight trials, developments in the civil aviation industry were largely accepted by governments and their respective electorates.

4. A New and Correct Map of the South West Part of Germany, containing the Archbishopricks and Electorates of Mentz and Triers

5. Containing the Archbishopricks and Electorates of MENTZ and TRIERS; also that of the Palatinate of the RHINE; the Duchy of WIRTEMBERG; FRANCONIA, SWABIA, ALSACE, LORRAIN & c

6. The importance of this stipulation is shown by the history of most of the fragmented German principalities (e.g. the Saxon Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg) which were not constituted as electorates.

7. A New and Correct Map of the South West part of Germany, Containing Archbishopricks and Electorates of Mentz and Triers; also that of the Palatinate of the Rhine; the Duchy of Wirtemberg; Franconia, Swabia, Alsace, Lorraine, &c

8. A New And Correct Map of the South West part of Germany : Containing the Archbishopricks and Electorates of Mentz and Triers; also that of the Palatinate of the Rhine; the Duchy of Wirtemberg; Franconia, Swabia, Alsace, Lorrain &c.

9. Black and white copper plate engraved map, A New and Correct Map of the South West part of Germany containing the Archbishopricks and Electorates of Mentz and Triers, also that of the Palatinate of the Rhine, the Duchy of the Wirtemberg, Franconia, Swania, Alsace, Lorraine, etc, incldues Basel, Metz and Frankfurt, From the History of