Definition of election

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Election (a.) Power of choosing; free will; liberty to choose or act.

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Evangelistary :: Evangelistary (n.) A selection of passages from the Gospels, as a lesson in divine service..
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..
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..
Supralapsarian :: Supralapsarian (n.) One of that class of Calvinists who believed that God's decree of election determined that man should fall, in order that the opportunity might be furnished of securing the redemption of a part of the race, the decree of salvation being conceived of as formed before or beyond, and not after or following, the lapse, or fall. Cf. Infralapsarian..
Reelection :: Reelection (n.) Election a second time, or anew; as, the reelection of a former chief..
Electioneer :: Electioneer (v. i.) To make interest for a candidate at an election; to use arts for securing the election of a candidate.
Chrestomathy :: Chrestomathy (n.) A selection of passages, with notes, etc., to be used in acquiring a language; as, a Hebrew chrestomathy..
Sortition :: Sortition (n.) Selection or appointment by lot.
Symptomatic :: Symptom (n.) A sign or token; that which indicates the existence of something else; as, corruption in elections is a symptom of the decay of public virtue..
Extract :: Extract (v. t.) To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book..
Election :: 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..
Analectic :: Analectic (a.) Relating to analects; made up of selections; as, an analectic magazine..
Lection :: Lection (n.) A lesson or selection, esp. of Scripture, read in divine service..
Ballot :: Ballot (n.) The whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a given territory or electoral district..
Scrutiny :: Scrutiny (n.) An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll..
By-election :: By-election (n.) An election held by itself, not at the time of a general election..
Storven :: Storthing (n.) The Parliament of Norway, chosen by indirect election once in three years, but holding annual sessions..
Conclave :: Conclave (n.) The body of cardinals shut up in the conclave for the election of a pope; hence, the body of cardinals..
Selectedly :: Selectedly (adv.) With care and selection.
Campaign :: Campaign (n.) Political operations preceding an election; a canvass.
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