Word Definition

Elect

  1. One chosen or set apart.
  2. Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.
  3. To select or take for an office; to select by vote; as, to elect a representative, a president, or a governor.
  4. Chosen as the object of mercy or divine favor; set apart to eternal life.
  5. Chosen to an office, but not yet actually inducted into it; as, bishop elect; governor or mayor elect.
  6. To designate, choose, or select, as an object of mercy or favor.
  7. To pick out; to select; to choose.
  8. Those who are chosen for salvation.