elections

Noun

election (countable and uncountable, plural elections)

1. A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote.
   • The parliamentary election(s) will be held in March.
2. The choice of a leader or representative by popular vote.
   • The election of John Smith was due to his broad appeal.
3. An option that is selected.
   • W-4 election
4. (archaic) Any conscious choice.
   • Whosoever searcheth all the circumstances and embraceth all the consequences thereof hindereth his election.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 20, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
5. In Calvinism, God's predestination of saints including all of the elect.
   • [H]e [Paul] laboureth to comfort Timothy vvith the remembrance of the ſtedfaſtneſs of Gods eternal decree of Election, becauſe grounded on his foreknowledge; […]1684, John Bunyan, A Holy Life, the Beauty of Christianity: Or, An Exhortation to Christians to be Holy, London: […] B. W. for Benj[amin] Alsop, […], →OCLC, page 3
6. (obsolete) Those who are elected.
   • The election hath obtained it.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 11:7