Definition of election

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Election (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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Selectedly :: Selectedly (adv.) With care and selection.
Selection :: Selection (n.) That which is selected; a collection of things chosen; as, a choice selection of books..
Sortition :: Sortition (n.) Selection or appointment by lot.
Reader :: Reader (n.) A book containing a selection of extracts for exercises in reading; an elementary book for practice in a language; a reading book.
Election :: Election (a.) Those who are elected.
Poll :: Poll (n.) Specifically, the register of the names of electors who may vote in an election..
Analectic :: Analectic (a.) Relating to analects; made up of selections; as, an analectic magazine..
Pericope :: Pericope (n.) A selection or extract from a book; especially (Theol.), a selection from the Bible, appointed to be read in the churches or used as a text for a sermon..
Chrestomathy :: Chrestomathy (n.) A selection of passages, with notes, etc., to be used in acquiring a language; as, a Hebrew chrestomathy..
Defloration :: Defloration (n.) That which is chosen as the flower or choicest part; careful culling or selection.
Scrutineer :: Scrutineer (n.) A scrutinizer; specifically, an examiner of votes, as at an election..
Casket :: Casket (n.) A book of selections.
Triennial :: Triennial (a.) Happening, coming about, or appearing once in every three years; as, triennial elections; a triennial catalogue; a triennial visitation..
Detail :: Detail (n.) The selection for a particular service of a person or a body of men; hence, the person or the body of men so selected..
Choose :: Choose (v. i.) To make a selection; to decide.
Election :: Election (a.) Discriminating choice; discernment.
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..
Military :: Military (a.) Performed or made by soldiers; as, a military election; a military expedition..
"""election " :: Election (a.) Divine choice; predestination of individuals as objects of mercy and salvation; -- one of the five points of Calvinism..
Conventional :: Conventional (a.) Abstracted; removed from close representation of nature by the deliberate selection of what is to be represented and what is to be rejected; as, a conventional flower; a conventional shell. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t..
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