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election (1155)
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election (1155)

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eleccion,  eleccione,  eleccioun,  elecion,  electione,  electiun,  elexcioun,  elexioun;  elieccion;  ellecion;  esleccion,  eslecciun,  eslection  
  FEW:  electio 3,210b Gdf:  eslection 3,479a GdfC:  election 9,428a TL: eleccïon 3,28 DEAF:  eleccion  DMF:  élection  TLF:  élection  OED:  election n.  MED:  eleccioun n.  DMLBS:  electio 758c

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election, choosing (of a person to an office, role, etc.): 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Rei firent par electiun D'un filz Jugenes Iwulan  Brut WACE 3637
( c.1184; MS: s.xiiiex )  funt oresun Ke Deu lur doint discreciun De bien fere, E d’arcevesque electiun Ke seit covenable  S Thom beneit1 250
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Pus li fist Deu grant gwerdun, Kar [...] De halt evesqué lui fist le dun Par commune electiun  S Modw 476
( 1327 )  suffrir les eglises avoir franchez eleccions solonc les grantz des roys Cea en arrere  Rot Parl2 116
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex )  Et toutdis font royne par elexioun de celle qe est plus vaillant en armes  Mandeville 303
( 1415 )  ceux qe facent la election del dit mair  Rot Parl1 iv 75
♦lawchoice (between legal alternatives): 
( 1292 )  En plusours cas put home aver bref de dette la ou le bref de covenant gist; [...] en nostre ellecion est a prendre a l’un ou a l’autre  YBB 20-21 Ed I 141
estre en (sun (etc.)) election a, de (+inf.)
lawto be in one’s choice to: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  soit en eleccioun le pleyntif a sure  BRITT i 358
( 1311 )  En vostre ellecion fut d’aver feffé  YBB Ed II xi 141
( 1425 )  le pleintif fuit en election de prendre pur son tenaunt l’un ou l’auter [...]  Readings i 31.21
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