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3. Chosen to an office, but not yet actually inducted into it; as, bishop elect; governor or mayor elect.

E*lect", n. 1. One chosen or set apart.

Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth.

Is. xlii. 1.

2. pl. (Theol.) Those who are chosen for salvation.

Shall not God avenge his won elect?

Luke xviii. 7.

E*lect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elected; p. pr. & vb. n. Electing.] 1. To pick out; to select; to choose.

The deputy elected by the Lord.

Shak.

2. To select or take for an office; to select by vote; as, to elect a representative, a president, or a governor.

3. (Theol.) To designate, choose, or select, as an object of mercy or favor.

Syn. -- To choose; prefer; select. See Choose.

E*lect"ant (?), n. [L. electans, p. pr. of electare.] One who has the power of choosing; an elector. [R.]

E*lec"ta*ry (?), n. (Med.) See Electuary.

E*lec"tic (?), a. See Eclectic.

E*lec"ti*cism (?), n. See Eclecticism.

E*lec"tion (?), n. [F. élection, L. electio, fr. eligere to choose out. See Elect, a.] 1. The act of choosing; choice; selection.

2. 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.

Corruption in elections is the great enemy of freedom.

J. Adams.

3. Power of choosing; free will; liberty to choose or act. "By his own election led to ill." Daniel.

4. Discriminating choice; discernment. [Obs.]

To use men with much difference and election is good.

Bacon.

5. (Theol.) Divine choice; predestination of individuals as objects of mercy and salvation; -- one of the "five points" of Calvinism.

There is a remnant according to the election of grace.

Rom. xi. 5.