1000000030

f,llr

d"rr~n',;,1

".,k,'s. Thcre He ¡II'O

rpe,i~s,

One

wllleh,

('/l.

d,< .,lli".,i\rum or Wj¡cr- Ivorl, is j ""il e01

Hrita,n.

ELHF, a

I lrg~

rin'r in GlTmany, II'hich, rifiog

¡he

conlio,', uf S'¡di." IIII\S

throu~h

Ilohemia, S.lxon)',

an~ I¡, and.:nh,,::;

.\Ild .,ftcrw"os diviJillr Ihe cllltchy

LII"e,'blll g

r.um

nf Me,kl:nh'''g. as airo Ihe

dmeh)' of ll,e,lIell from Ilollleio, it f. lI, int() IhcGer,

man

oc~.IIl,

ah"o, IC"en'y miles helolV Ihmburgh.

is navigablefor &rcat fh ips highcr than any river

io Eorol'c.

¿LIlOW, ill aoatomy, thc jun8ure of Ihe cubitus ano

rad:lIs ; or the nuter allgle lllalle by¡he flexure or bend

of the armo

S~e

ANATOMY.

ELC ES ,~ ITES,

inchurch.hillory, aneieot hmties, II'ho

maje their appemnec io the rei&o of the emperor Tra–

jjO, aod lOuk ,heir name from their Iwler F:lc-ef.,i,

1'1,1' elee[,ites kept a mean bctweeo the jeIVs, Chrifli–

an~,

and P,gans; th:)' IVorlhipped hllt ooe God, ob–

lerveo ¡he jcwlfh f:,bblth. circllmcifion, ano the olher

c<fCmooi~s

of the I,IV. They r,jclled thepeomcllch,

aod the prophets ; nor had they more rcfpeéT for ,he

writings of thc apollles, particularly thofeof Se l'au!'

!7LOERS.or

S EN' ORS,

io jewifll hiflory, \Vere perfons

the 01011 coofiderable for age, experieoce, aod wif,lom,

Of this fort were the reveoly men w,om Mofe! alroci–

ated lO himfelf in thegovernmenl of his people; {uch,

likewife, afterwards \\ ere thofe who held the firll rank

in the fyoagogue, as prefideots.

In the firll

a/rembli~s

of the primitive Chrifliaos,

thofe whoheld thefidl plm were called dders . The

\Vord prelbyter, oft' n ufed io the New Teflameot, is

of the fjme

figoifi~atioo:

hence the firn cooocils of

Chrilliaos \Vere c"lIed prelbytcria, or couocils of elom.

ELO ER is alfo a dcoomina,ioo nill prcrmed io the pref-

byterian difciplioe. See PR ES BY1'ER tAN ,

ELOER, or ALOEO, io botany. See IhN US.

ELECAMPANE, io botaoy. See INU LA.

ELECT, amongecclefia(\ical writers, thore \VhomCad

has choCcn, or predtOioatcd tO be fared.

ELECTION, the

chuic~

dlat is made of a perfoo, or

thing, in prefereoce of any other; as in the eleltlno of

an emperor, of a pope, of a bifllOp, of melllbers of

parliaOlent,

ec.

ELECTl ON , in

theolo~y,

fignifics the choice \Vhich Cod

makes of angc!s and men for the obje8s of his grace

aod me,ey. SeeCRACE, and I' RED ESTlNATlON

ELECTOR, a perfoo "ho has

right tOclcé! 01' chofe

aOOlh", tOao olliee, hoooor,

Ue.

Ele80r is pIrticubly, ami by way of eminence,

applied tOth"fe prinm of Ctrmany io whoOl lies the

right of

elcélin~

,he emperor: beiog ail fOI'ertico

princes, aod the principal memlx:rs of the

emp"~.

Tlle el(él",,1

eollc~c,

conlr(\in¡; of .11 the deltors

of Ihe e,opire. is Ihe 01011 illllilriuos .,nd augun bp,ly

in Europe. Ilcl\;,rmioe and 1l.lronius at,ibu'L the 'o–

lIilullon of il t? pnpe Cregory V and the emp_ror O–

tI,o Ill.

the t':nt!J C(nlory

of "hith 01'1II;on are

L E

the g,

·oel.ll

:ty of I,:floriaos, .nd p,,, ic,,1 rrly the

el'

nOIl.II

:; : IU1Wt

\'~r,

lhe

nt~l~lb('r

t!:l~h,I'S

W,I$

unfe[o

t1nl, . t I,ail, lill Ihe thatuol h ccotury. In IJ¡6

l'1",,1;; IV. hy rhe gl¡ldenboll, fixed the oumb" of e–

I,élors

'~ven

; lime eccleli.,!.cs,

viz.

the .[(hbi–

II10ps of Meolz. 1'rr" es, and Colugne; and fou r fceu-

1m ,

" i~. I h~

king of BoheOli." eJunt r.I'lioe of ti,e

Rhioe, d"kc uf Saxony, and omquisof

\llandeobur~,

1('.18

this arder wa,

ch.lnge(~,

Ihe doke of B.,v:u,.

being

P~¡

io the place 01 the

CUUOl

P:datine, whohal'iog

accl'pted the erowo of Bohemia

W.IS

outlawed hythe

emperor; but being al

len~th

rdlored, an "gl\lh e–

le80,"," ,,",IS ereél,u for the duke of H.,....ia. lo

1692, a niolh elc80rate W,IS cremd, 'by the emperor

Leopold. io (.voor of the doke of Haoover, of the

honre of Bruolivie Lonenburg.

Thert is this dlffcreoce bmveen the fecular and ce–

c1efiallic eké!ors, that the firfl have an aélive aod pal:

live voicc, t1m is, maychufe aod be chofell; the1.11,

an aélive only. The thrce archbifhops

ar~

be ,hir–

tyyears (lId, beforeth,y caobe advjnced to the dlgoi–

ty; ,he fec\ll.,rs, ,ighteeo, befure thcy can p" folm the

olfiee the",ldl'cs. Thefc hn hjve each their lican,

\Vho

~Aiciate

io their abfellce.

I:k fides ,he power of chufillg an emperor, the elec–

tors have

:1110

t11d1 of

capitolatln~

with, .od Jepofing

lIim; fa t1w, if there beooe fufi'rage w,'otiog, a pro–

ten may be eotered agaioll the proceeding;.

the

right of capitul¡tion, they attnbotc tOthcmfclves grea!

pnvileges, as makillg of war, coimog, .od takiog ",e

of the poblic imerefl and feconty of the flates ; aod

the emperor pronli Ces, upon oath, tOreceive the empire

opoo theCe coodi,iollS.

The ele80rs hal'e preceuence of all other prioees of

theempi re, evenof c.,dinal! and krngl ; and are ad–

dre/red oouer tire title of dCt'tord hlghntfs.

Th, ir Ccveral fu o8ions are as foll ow: theeleétor of

Mentz is chancellor of

CerO)~ny,

coovokes Ihe fims,

and give! his Vote belore aoy of the r& The dec–

tor of Colo&oe is graoJ ch.,oe 1I0r of

1t~ll',

and COll–

f,rrates ,hc empcror. The ele80r of Treves

chao–

cdlor of the (jauls, aod confers impofitionof hands

upoo the empcror. Thc coont Paldtlne of the Rhioe

isgreat \reafurer of the empire, ami prefen\! the em–

pcror with • CluLe at his coronation. The cleé!or of

Bavaria is &rw mallerof the imperi.1paldee, .lld car–

ries the golJen apple. Tire marquis of Ilralldeobllrg

is gr.lno ch.llllbrr1aio, and pUl! .he

rio~

Oll th: empe–

ror's finger. The elt80r of S.xor.y is

~ralhl lllarlh,l,

and gil'es Ihe f",ord 10 the emperor. The kiogof !le–

hemla is

~rand

bmler, ,"d plllS Charlernalgo's crown

on ,he emperor's heao. Lallly,

th~

eké!or

H.rno–

"er, nolV ling of Creat Ilm.,io, is arch-\re.!Íurcr,

Ilrough lidl trcltlo oouer the tltle of lIaod.,J·bcmr

of the ell'p're

EI.ECTOIUTE, a terO) ufld as \\'ell tO (¡goify the

eli~ol\y

"f, as tite tcrritories btl"o¡:,og

10,

"'y of

tI,.

tkltolS of

c.;<f,l'~Oy j

fuch are !;""lrIl,

S¡X~llr,

(:H.

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