·adj Those who are elected.
II. Election ·adj Discriminating choice; discernment.
III. Election ·adj The act of choosing; choice; selection.
IV. Election ·adj Power of choosing; free will; liberty to choose or act.
V. Election ·adj The choice, made by a party, of two alternatives, by taking one of which, the chooser is excluded from the other.
VI. Election ·adj Divine choice; predestination of individuals as objects of mercy and salvation;
— one of the "five points" of Calvinism.
VII. Election ·adj 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.