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e⋅lec⋅tion
[i-lek-shuh
n] 
–noun
| 1. | the selection of a person or persons for office by vote. |
| 2. | a public vote upon a proposition submitted. |
| 3. | the act of electing. |
| 4. | Theology. the choice by God of individuals, as for a particular work or for favor or salvation. |
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Election
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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Language Translation for : election
Spanish:
elección,
German:
die Wahl,
Japanese:
選挙
election
1270, from Anglo-Fr. eleccioun, from L. electionem, from stem of eligere "pick out, select," from ex- "out" + -ligere, comb. form of legere "to choose, read" (see lecture). Elect (v.) is first recorded 1494. Electioneer first attested 1789 in writing of Thomas Jefferson. Elective, of school subjects studied at the student's choice, first recorded 1847.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: elec·tion
Function: noun
1 a : the act or process of electing b : an instance of the electorate voting for candidates for an elective office c : the fact of being elected
2 : the right, power, or privilege of making a choice: as a : the right of a spouse to choose a statutorily prescribed amount of a deceased spouse's estate or whatever was devised to him or her under the will b : the right of a person who has an interest in property that a deceased has disposed of by will either to claim his or her right to the property or to accept what he or she was devised under the will instead c : the right of a party to a contract that has been breached by the other party to choose to continue or terminate the contract —see also ELECTION OF REMEDIES, EQUITABLE ELECTION
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