Definition of election

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Election (a.) The act of choosing; choice; selection.

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Scrutineer :: Scrutineer (n.) A scrutinizer; specifically, an examiner of votes, as at an election..
Extract :: Extract (v. t.) To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book..
Return :: Return (v. t.) Hence, to elect according to the official report of the election officers..
Fortition :: Fortition (n.) Casual choice; fortuitous selection; hazard.
Poll :: Poll (v. i.) To vote at an election.
Repeater :: Repeater (n.) A person who votes more than once at an election.
Rota :: Rota (n.) A short-lived political club established in 1659 by J.Harrington to inculcate the democratic doctrine of election of the principal officers of the state by ballot, and the annual retirement of a portion of Parliament..
Anthem :: Anthem (n.) Formerly, a hymn sung in alternate parts, in present usage, a selection from the Psalms, or other parts of the Scriptures or the liturgy, set to sacred music..
Hustings :: Hustings (n. pl.) Any one of the temporary courts held for the election of members of the British Parliament.
Popular :: Popular (a.) Of or pertaining to the common people, or to the whole body of the people, as distinguished from a select portion; as, the popular voice; popular elections..
Freeman :: Freeman (n.) A member of a corporation, company, or city, possessing certain privileges; a member of a borough, town, or State, who has the right to vote at elections. See Liveryman..
Rosary :: Rosary (n.) A chapelet; a garland; a series or collection, as of beautiful thoughts or of literary selections..
Nominate :: Nominate (v. t.) To name, or designate by name, for an office or place; to appoint; esp., to name as a candidate for an election, choice, or appointment; to propose by name, or offer the name of, as a candidate for an office or place..
Prelection :: Prelection (n.) A lecture or discourse read in public or to a select company.
Slate :: Slate (v. t.) A list of candidates, prepared for nomination or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of action, devised beforehand..
Anyone :: Anyone (n.) One taken at random rather than by selection; anybody. [Commonly written as two words..
"""election " :: Election (a.) Divine choice; predestination of individuals as objects of mercy and salvation; -- one of the five points of Calvinism..
Liveryman :: Liveryman (n.) A freeman of the city, in London, who, having paid certain fees, is entitled to wear the distinguishing dress or livery of the company to which he belongs, and also to enjoy certain other privileges, as the right of voting in an election for the lord mayor, sheriffs, chamberlain, etc..
Unseat :: Unseat (v. t.) Specifically, to deprive of the right to sit in a legislative body, as for fraud in election..
Ballot :: Ballot (n.) The whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a given territory or electoral district..
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