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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.
Definition 2024
election
election
English
Noun
election (plural elections)
- A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote.
- The parliamentary elections will be held in March.
- 2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times:
- That brief moment after the election four years ago, when many Americans thought Mr. Obama’s election would presage a new, less fractious political era, now seems very much a thing of the past.
- The choice of a leader or representative by popular vote.
- The election of John Smith was due to his broad appeal.
- (archaic) Any conscious choice.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.20:
- Whosoever searcheth all the circumstances and embraceth all the consequences thereof hindereth his election.
- Francis Bacon
- To use men with much difference and election is good.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- The predestinative force of a free agent's own will in certain absolute acts, determinations, or elections, and in respect of which acts it is one either with the divine or the devilish will; and if the former, the conclusions to be drawn from God's goodness, faithfulness, and spiritual presence; these supply grounds of argument of a very different character […]
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.20:
- (theology) In Calvinism, God's predestination of saints including all of the elect.
- (obsolete) Those who are elected.
- Bible, Rom. xi. 7
- The election hath obtained it.
- Bible, Rom. xi. 7
Synonyms
- (theology): chosenness
Hyponyms
- direct election
- general election
- indirect election
- primary election
- snap election
Derived terms
Related terms
Related terms
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Translations
process of choosing a new leader or representatives
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choice of a leader or representatives
conscious choice
See also
See also
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Election on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Predestination on Wikipedia.Wikipedia