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Webster 1913 Edition
Election
1.
The act of choosing; choice; selection.
2.
The act of choosing a person to fill an office, or to membership in a society, as by ballot, uplifted hands, or viva voce;
as, the
. election
of a president or a mayorCorruption in
elections
is the great enemy of freedom. J. Adams.
3.
Power of choosing; free will; liberty to choose or act.
“By his own election led to ill.” Daniel.
4.
Discriminating choice; discernment.
[Obs.]
To use men with much difference and
election
is good. Bacon.
5.
(Theol.)
Divine choice; predestination of individuals as objects of mercy and salvation; – one of the “five points” of Calvinism.
There is a remnant according to the
election
of grace. Rom. xi. 5.
6.
(Law)
The choice, made by a party, of two alternatives, by taking one of which, the chooser is excluded from the other.
7.
Those who are elected.
[Obs.]
The
election
hath obtained it. Rom. xi. 7.
He
has made his election
to walk, in the main, in the old paths. Fitzed. Hall.
Webster 1828 Edition
Election
ELEC'TION
,Noun.
1.
The act of choosing a person to fill an office or employment, by any manifestation of preference, as by ballot, uplifted hands or viva voce; as the election of a king, of a president, or a mayor.Corruption in elections is the great enemy of freedom.
2.
Choice; voluntary preference; free will; liberty to act or not. It is at his election to accept or refuse.3.
Power of choosing or selecting.4.
Discernment; discrimination; distinction.To use men with much difference and election is good.
5.
In theology, divine choice; predetermination of God, by which persons are distinguished as objects of mercy, become subjects of grace, are sanctified and prepared for heaven.There is a remnant according to the election of grace.
Rom.11.
6.
The public choice of officers.7.
The day of a public choice of officers.8.
Those who are elected.The election hath obtained it. Rom.11.