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Election
Webster's Dictionary
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(1):
(a.) The act of choosing; choice; selection.
(2):
(a.) Divine choice; predestination of individuals as objects of mercy and salvation; - one of the "five points" of Calvinism.
(3):
(a.) The choice, made by a party, of two alternatives, by taking one of which, the chooser is excluded from the other.
(4):
(a.) Discriminating choice; discernment.
(5):
(a.) Power of choosing; free will; liberty to choose or act.
(6):
(a.) Those who are elected.
(7):
(a.) 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.
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Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Election'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/e/election.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Election'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/e/election.html. 1828.
