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Plural for a formal and organized choice by vote of a person for a political office or other position
“The number of electoral votes so cast for the office of President and Vice President shall be determined by an election in which the people shall give their votes.”
Plural for the act or process of choosing or selecting
“So, if they were never unanimous in their election of a treasurer, they surely were in their suspicions of one and all.”
Plural for the freedom or will to decide or choose
“It was, therefore, it seems to the committee, entirely at the election of the claimant to go on and complete his job, or to suspend it.”
Plural for that which has been selected from a range, or the act of selecting
“It places every candidate before the electorate on his own merits, and requires every voter to make his personal election among the whole number so presented.”
(theology) Plural for in Calvinism, God's predestination of saints including all of the elect
“This done, he laboureth to comfort Timothy with the remembrance of the steadfastness of God's eternal decree of election.”
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