Definition of election

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Election (a.) Those who are elected.

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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..
Reeligible :: Reeligible (a.) Eligible again; capable of reelection; as, reeligible to the same office..
Evangelistary :: Evangelistary (n.) A selection of passages from the Gospels, as a lesson in divine service..
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..
Scrutineer :: Scrutineer (n.) A scrutinizer; specifically, an examiner of votes, as at an election..
Chrestomathy :: Chrestomathy (n.) A selection of passages, with notes, etc., to be used in acquiring a language; as, a Hebrew chrestomathy..
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..
Adversaria :: Adversaria (n. pl.) A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes..
Electioneerer :: Electioneerer (n.) One who electioneers.
Return :: Return (n.) An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, and the like; as, election returns; a return of the amount of goods produced or sold; especially, in the plural, a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information..
Designation :: Designation (n.) Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction.
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..
Mugwump :: Mugwump (n.) A bolter from the Republican party in the national election of 1884; an Independent.
Choose :: Choose (v. i.) To make a selection; to decide.
Manipulate :: Manipulate (v. t.) To control the action of, by management; as, to manipulate a convention of delegates; to manipulate the stock market; also, to manage artfully or fraudulently; as, to manipulate accounts, or election returns..
Decimation :: Decimation (n.) A selection of every tenth person by lot, as for punishment..
Septennial :: Septennial (a.) Happening or returning once in every seven years; as, septennial elections in England..
Selectedly :: Selectedly (adv.) With care and selection.
Partial :: Partial (n.) Having a predelection for; inclined to favor unreasonably; foolishly fond.
By-election :: By-election (n.) An election held by itself, not at the time of a general election..
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