election
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Is election a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (archaic) Any conscious choice.Examples: "Whosoever searcheth all the circumstances and embraceth all the consequences thereof hindereth his election."; "To use men with much difference and election is good."; "The predestinative force of a free agent's own will in certain absolute acts, determinations, or elections, and in respect of which acts it is one either with the divine or the devilish will; and if the former, the conclusions to be drawn from God's goodness, faithfulness, and spiritual presence; these supply grounds of argument of a very different character […]"archaiccountableuncountable
2. (theology) In Calvinism, God's predestination of saints including all of the elect.Examples: "[H]e [Paul] laboureth to comfort Timothy vvith the remembrance of the ſtedfaſtneſs of Gods eternal decree of Election, becauſe grounded on his foreknowledge; […]"countableuncountable
3. (obsolete) Those who are elected.Examples: "The election hath obtained it."countableobsoleteuncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary