Definition of election

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Election (a.) 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..

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Canvass :: Canvass (n.) To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its probable vote..
Reeligible :: Reeligible (a.) Eligible again; capable of reelection; as, reeligible to the same office..
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..
Ticket :: Ticket (v.) A printed list of candidates to be voted for at an election; a set of nominations by one party for election; a ballot.
Electioneerer :: Electioneerer (n.) One who electioneers.
Gospel :: Gospel (v.) A selection from one of the gospels, for use in a religious service; as, the gospel for the day..
Repeater :: Repeater (n.) A person who votes more than once at an election.
Slate :: Slate (v. t.) A list of candidates, prepared for nomination or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of action, devised beforehand..
Tanistry :: Tanistry (n.) In Ireland, a tenure of family lands by which the proprietor had only a life estate, to which he was admitted by election..
Evangelistary :: Evangelistary (n.) A selection of passages from the Gospels, as a lesson in divine service..
Presidential :: Presidential (a.) Of or pertaining to a president; as, the presidential chair; a presidential election..
Choose :: Choose (v. i.) To make a selection; to decide.
Cento :: Cento (n.) A literary or a musical composition formed by selections from different authors disposed in a new order.
Wardroom :: Wardroom (n.) A room used by the citizens of a city ward, for meetings, political caucuses, elections, etc..
Take :: Take (v. t.) To make selection of; to choose; also, to turn to; to have recourse to; as, to take the road to the right..
Vocal :: Vocal (n.) A man who has a right to vote in certain elections.
Campaign :: Campaign (n.) Political operations preceding an election; a canvass.
Scrutiny :: Scrutiny (n.) An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll..
Infralapsarian :: Infralapsarian (n.) One of that class of Calvinists who consider the decree of election as contemplating the apostasy as past and the elect as being at the time of election in a fallen and guilty state; -- opposed to Supralapsarian. The former considered the election of grace as a remedy for an existing evil; the latter regarded the fall as a part of God's original purpose in regard to men.
Lection :: Lection (n.) A lesson or selection, esp. of Scripture, read in divine service..
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