The act of choosing; choice;
selection.
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
mayor.
Power of choosing; free will; liberty to
choose or act.
Discriminating choice; discernment.
Divine choice;
predestination of individuals as objects of mercy and salvation; --
one of the "five points" of Calvinism.
The choice, made by a party,
of two alternatives, by taking one of which, the chooser is excluded
from the other.
Those who are elected.
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