About The Word Election
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Election
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What's The Definition Of Election?
[n] the act of selecting someone; "many candidates ran for election"
[n] a vote to select the winner of a political office Synonyms | Synonyms for Election: Related Terms | Find terms related to Election: accession | alternative | alternativity | anointing | anointment | apostolic orders | appointment | arrogation | assignment | assumption | authorization | by-election | calling | Calvinism | canonization | caucus | choice | choosing | closed primary | conferment | congressional election | consecration | contested election | co-optation | co-option | coronation | decision | delegation | deputation | designation | determinism | direct primary | druthers | electing | empowerment | fatalism | first choice | free choice | free will | general election | holy orders | induction | installation | institution | investiture | legitimate succession | major orders | mandatory primary | minor orders | nomination | nonpartisan primary | open primary | option | optional primary | ordainment | orders | ordination | partisan election | pick | plebiscite | political election | poll | predestinarianism | predeterminism | preference | preference primary | preferment | preoption | presentation | presidential election | presidential preference primary | presidential primary | primary | primary election | reading in | referendum | runoff | runoff election | runoff primary | seizure | selection | succession | taking over | the pick | usurpation | volition | vote | voting | will See Also | by election | bye election | choice | co-optation | co-option | cumulative vote | general election | option | pick | primary | primary election | reelection | runoff | selection | vote Election In Webster's Dictionary \E*lec"tion\, n. [F. ['e]lection, L. electio, fr.
eligere to choose out. See {Elect}, a.]
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 mayor.
Corruption 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.
{To contest an election}. See under {Contest}.
{To make one's election}, to choose.
He has made his election to walk, in the main, in
the old paths. --Fitzed.
Hall.
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