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scrutineers

n. (plural of scrutineer English) vb. (en-third-person singular of: scrutineer)

Usage examples of "scrutineers".

The table for the Scrutineers was set in front of the Chapel's high altar.

One of the three cardinals acting as Scrutineers raised his hand: the Holy Spirit may have been prepared to move these men and women, but some coordination was required.

The Scrutineers moved among the forest of stalls to make sure that each of the cardinals had a pen.

When all was in readiness, the Cardinal Deacon among the Scrutineers raised his hand again, this time to signify the moment of voting.

The Cardinal Deacon held out his hand and he and the other Scrutineers led the priest from the Chapel.

Those selected would act as scrutineers, their task to count each ballot and record the votes.

The process now would be controlled by the scrutineers until another ballot was required.

Only when the scrutineers pronounced his election with 102 votes did he focus on the altar.

He watched as one of the scrutineers carried the ballots toward the stove.

Now the scrutineers sat along them, and the last ballot boxes from the outlying areas were carried in through the front doors of the Ladyburg Church Hall.