Definition of selection

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Selection (n.) The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference..

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Gospel :: Gospel (v.) A selection from one of the gospels, for use in a religious service; as, the gospel for the day..
Speaker :: Speaker (n.) A book of selections for declamation.
Reader :: Reader (n.) A book containing a selection of extracts for exercises in reading; an elementary book for practice in a language; a reading book.
Fortition :: Fortition (n.) Casual choice; fortuitous selection; hazard.
Anthem :: Anthem (n.) Formerly, a hymn sung in alternate parts, in present usage, a selection from the Psalms, or other parts of the Scriptures or the liturgy, set to sacred music..
Evangelistary :: Evangelistary (n.) A selection of passages from the Gospels, as a lesson in divine service..
Conventional :: Conventional (a.) Abstracted; removed from close representation of nature by the deliberate selection of what is to be represented and what is to be rejected; as, a conventional flower; a conventional shell. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t..
Detail :: Detail (n.) The selection for a particular service of a person or a body of men; hence, the person or the body of men so selected..
Sortition :: Sortition (n.) Selection or appointment by lot.
Pick :: Pick (n.) Choice; right of selection; as, to have one's pick..
Choose :: Choose (v. i.) To make a selection; to decide.
Psychogenesis :: Psychogenesis (n.) Genesis through an internal force, as opposed to natural selection..
Analectic :: Analectic (a.) Relating to analects; made up of selections; as, an analectic magazine..
Critical :: Critical (n.) Inclined to make nice distinctions, or to exercise careful judgment and selection; exact; nicely judicious..
Cento :: Cento (n.) A literary or a musical composition formed by selections from different authors disposed in a new order.
Anyone :: Anyone (n.) One taken at random rather than by selection; anybody. [Commonly written as two words..
Chrestomathy :: Chrestomathy (n.) A selection of passages, with notes, etc., to be used in acquiring a language; as, a Hebrew chrestomathy..
Pericope :: Pericope (n.) A selection or extract from a book; especially (Theol.), a selection from the Bible, appointed to be read in the churches or used as a text for a sermon..
Defloration :: Defloration (n.) That which is chosen as the flower or choicest part; careful culling or selection.
Extract :: Extract (v. t.) To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book..
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