Definition of Electoral college

1. Noun. The body of electors who formally elect the United States president and vice president.

Generic synonyms: Body

Definition of Electoral college

1. Noun. a body of electors empowered to elect someone to a particular office ¹

2. Noun. (US uncountable) such a body chosen to elect the president and vice president ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Electoral College

electioneers
elections
elections of remedies
elective
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elective culture
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elective share
elective shares
elective surgery
electively
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electivenesses
electives
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electoral college (current term)
electoral colleges
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electoral districts
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electoral register
electoral registers
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electoral system
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electorates
electoress
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Literary usage of Electoral college

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1803)
"Mhc member» of the legislative body and of the tribunate cannot attend the sit- tings of the electoral college to which they belong. ..."

2. History of the Formation of the Constitution of the United States of America by George Bancroft (1884)
"Moved by these considerations, but still retaining its conviction of the greater purity of an electoral college, the convention, by seven votes against four ..."

3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1872)
"In the February or March preceding the November election of the electoral college the people are invited by advertisement to meet at their electoral ..."

4. The Holy Roman Empire by James Bryce Bryce (1907)
"... and in the persons who exercised it we may find the germ of the electoral college of later times.” The second stage of the process consisted in the ..."

5. A History of Diplomacy in the International Development of Europe by David Jayne Hill (1905)
"... electoral college," the Archbishop of Mainz was the Chancellor.1 ... electoral college ..."

6. The Political History of the United States of America During the Period of by Edward McPherson (1880)
"Joint Resolution excluding from the electoral college Votes of States lately in Rebellion which shall not have been Reorganized. Resolved, &c., That none of ..."

7. The Existing Conflict Between Republican Government and Southern Oligarchy by Green Berry Raum (1884)
"Effect of the Suppression of the Negro Vote upon the Representation in Congress and the electoral college—The Violation of Section 2, Fourteenth Amendment ..."

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