Definition of election

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Election (a.) Discriminating choice; discernment.

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Choice :: Choice (n.) Act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred; the determination of the mind in preferring one thing to another; election.
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..
Presidential :: Presidential (a.) Of or pertaining to a president; as, the presidential chair; a presidential election..
Triennial :: Triennial (a.) Happening, coming about, or appearing once in every three years; as, triennial elections; a triennial catalogue; a triennial visitation..
Electorate :: Electorate (n.) The whole body of persons in a nation or state who are entitled to vote in an election, or any distinct class or division of them..
Electioneerer :: Electioneerer (n.) One who electioneers.
Election :: Election (a.) The choice, made by a party, of two alternatives, by taking one of which, the chooser is excluded from the other..
"""election " :: Election (a.) Divine choice; predestination of individuals as objects of mercy and salvation; -- one of the five points of Calvinism..
Designation :: Designation (n.) Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction.
Defloration :: Defloration (n.) That which is chosen as the flower or choicest part; careful culling or selection.
Prox :: Prox (n.) The ticket or list of candidates at elections, presented to the people for their votes..
Ballot :: Ballot (n.) The whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a given territory or electoral district..
Decimation :: Decimation (n.) A selection of every tenth person by lot, as for punishment..
Scrutiny :: Scrutiny (n.) An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll..
Lection :: Lection (n.) A lesson or selection, esp. of Scripture, read in divine service..
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..
Plurality :: Plurality (n.) The greater number; a majority; also, the greatest of several numbers; in elections, the excess of the votes given for one candidate over those given for another, or for any other, candidate. When there are more than two candidates, the one who receives the plurality of votes may have less than a majority. See Majority..
Election :: Election (a.) Those who are elected.
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..
Poll :: Poll (n.) Specifically, the register of the names of electors who may vote in an election..
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