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CHOICE, n.
1. The act of choosing the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred or the determination of the mind in preferring one thing to another election.
Ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my moth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. Acts 15 .
2. The power of choosing option.
Where there is force, there can be no choice.
Of these alternatives we have our own choice.
3. Care in selecting judgment or skill in distinguishing what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference.
I imagine Cesars apothems were collected with judgment and choice.
4. The thing chosen that which is approved and selected in preference to others selection.
Nor let thy conquests only be her choice.
5. The best part of any thing that which is preferable, and properly the object of choice.
In the choice of our sepulchers bury thy dead. Genesis 23 .
6. The act of electing to office by vote election.
To make choice of, to choose to select to separate and take in preference.
CHOICE, a.
1. Worthy of being preferred select precious very valuable.
My choicest hours of life are lost.
My revenue is better than choice silver. Proverbs 8 .
2. Holding dear preserving or using with care, as valuable frugal as, to be choice of time or of advantages.
3. Selecting with care, and due attention to preference as, to be choice of ones company.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Bibliography Information
Entry for 'Choice'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/c/choice.html.
Entry for 'Choice'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/c/choice.html.
