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Weimar had previously been outside Saxon control, having been granted to Albert 'the Bear', Ascanian duke of Saxony, when he had relinquished that title in 1142. It is the electorate of Saxe-Meissen which is now and remains the senior Saxon line, even eventually being elevated to the status of kingdom.
Scholars have concentrated on Luther’s interactions with the elector of Saxony Frederick III, “the Wise” (1463–1525, r. 1486–1525), during the early Reformation. Less scholarly attention has been paid to the relationship between Luther and the electors of Saxony during the reign of Frederick’s brother John the Steadfast (1468–1532 ...
Wettin dynasty. Augustus (born July 31, 1526, Freiberg, Saxony—died February 12, 1586, Dresden, Saxony) was the elector of Saxony and leader of Protestant Germany who, by reconciling his fellow Lutherans with the Roman Catholic Habsburg Holy Roman emperors, helped bring the initial belligerency of the Reformation in Germany to an end.
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Etymology
From Middle English electour (“one with a right to vote in electing some office, elector”), borrowed from Late Latin ēlēctor (“chooser, selector; voter, elector”), from Latin ēligere (“to elect”) + -tor (suffix forming masculine agent nouns), equivalent to elect + -or. Ēligere is the present active infinitive of ēligō (“to extract, pluck or root out; (figurative) to choose, elect, pick out”), from ē- (variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out’)) + legō (“to appoint, choose, select”) (from Pr...
Pronunciation
1. (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪˈlɛktə/ 2. (General American) IPA(key): /ɪˈlɛktɚ/, /iˈlɛktɚ/, /əˈlɛktɚ/, (uncommon) /əˈlɛktɔɹ/ 3. (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɪˈlektə/, /əˈlektə/ 4. Rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ) 5. Hyphenation: elect‧or
Noun
elector (plural electors) 1. (politics) A person eligible to vote in an election; a member of an electorate, a voter. 1.1. 1788, Publius [pseudonym; Alexander Hamilton], “Number XXXV. The Same Subject [the general power of taxation] Continued.”, in The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: […] J. and A. M‘Lean,[…], →OCLC, page 217: 1.1.1. Where the qualifications of the electorsare the ſame, whether they have to chooſe a...
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ēlēctōrem.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.ləkˈto] 2. IPA(key): (Valencian) [e.lekˈtoɾ]
Noun
elector m (plural electors, feminine electora) 1. voter, elector
Etymology
From ēligō (“to choose, pick out”) + -tor (agentive suffix) from ex- (“out”) + legō (“to gather, collect”) from Proto-Italic *legō, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-. Compare Ancient Greek ἐκλέγω (eklégō).
Pronunciation
1. (Classical) IPA(key): /eːˈleːk.tor/, [eːˈɫ̪eːkt̪ɔr] 2. (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈlek.tor/, [eˈlɛkt̪or]
Noun
ēlēctor m (genitive ēlēctōris, feminine ēlēctrīx); third declension 1. chooser, selector 2. voter, elector
Etymology
Borrowed from French électeur or Latin elector.
Noun
elector m (plural electori) 1. elector
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ēlēctōrem (“chooser, selector”), from Latin ēligō (“to choose, pick out”), ex- + legō from Proto-Italic *legō (“to gather, collect”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /eleɡˈtoɾ/ [e.leɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ] 2. Rhymes: -oɾ 3. Syllabification: e‧lec‧tor
Noun
elector m (plural electores, feminine electora, feminine plural electoras) 1. voter, elector 1.1. Synonym: votante
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A devout Catholic, Frederick the Wise became “elector” of Saxony upon the death of his father. Frederick had castles in Saxony, including Wittenberg and Wartburg, which would become important landmarks in the life of Martin Luther. Though he participated in the selling of indulgences, Frederick objected to the selling of indulgences for the ...
Mar 4, 2024 · Frederick III (born Jan. 17, 1463, Torgau, Saxony—died May 5, 1525, Lochau, near Torgau) was the elector of Saxony who worked for constitutional reform of the Holy Roman Empire and protected Martin Luther after Luther was placed under the imperial ban in 1521. Succeeding his father, the elector Ernest, in 1486, Frederick allied himself with ...
Frederick III or Frederick the Wise, 1463–1525, elector of Saxony (1486–1525). At Wittenberg he founded (1502) the university where Martin Luther and Melanchthon taught. At a crucial period for the early Reformation, Frederick protected Luther from the pope and the emperor, and took him into custody at the Wartburg castle after the Diet of ...
