Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Who has been elected in a specified post, but has not yet entered office. · Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.
One chosen or set apart. · In Calvinist theology, one foreordained to Heaven. In other Christian theologies, someone chosen by God for salvation.
To choose or make a decision (to do something). · (Of a group) to officially select one or more candidates in an election to hold office.
Borrowed from Latin ēlēctus, past participle of ēligō (“to pick out, choose, elect”), from ē- (“out”) + legō (“to pick out, pick, gather, collect, etc.”); see legend. Cognate to eclectic, which is via Ancient Greek rather than Latin, hence prefix ἐκ (ek), rather than e- (from ex).
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