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plural elects or elect
One chosen or set apart. examples
(theology) In Calvinist theology, one foreordained to Heaven. In other Christian theologies, someone chosen by God for salvation. quotations
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Isaiah 42:1
Shall not God avenge his won elect?
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Luke 18:7
third-person singular simple present elects, present participle electing, simple past and past participle elected
(transitive) To choose or make a decision (to do something) examples
(transitive) To choose (a candidate) in an election examples
not comparable
(postpositive) Who has been elected in a specified post, but has not yet entered office. quotations examples
She began almost to feel a dislike of Edward; and it ended, as every feeling must end with her, by carrying back her thoughts to Willoughby, whose manners formed a contrast sufficiently striking to those of his brother elect.
1811, Jane Austen, chapter 16, in Sense and Sensibility
Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more. quotations examples
colours quaint elect
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie
the elect angels
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1 Timothy 5:21