elected
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
elect /ɪˈlɛkt/
▶verb
- 1 choose (someone) to hold a position, especially public office, by voting.
- 2 opt for or choose to do something.
- 3 Christian Theology (of God) choose (someone) in preference to others for salvation.
- 1 chosen or singled out.
■ Christian Theology chosen by God for salvation.
- 2 [postpos.] elected to a position but not yet in office: the President Elect.
– derivatives
electability noun,
electable adjective.
electability noun,
electable adjective.
– origin ME: from L. elect-, eligere ‘pick out’.
'elected' also found in these Oxford entries:
alderman
- bureaucracy
- churchwarden
- civil service
- commune
- consul
- corporation
- corporator
- council
- county council
- democracy
- elect
- election
- electioneer
- fellow
- governor
- House of Commons
- House of Keys
- hung
- incoming
- letter missive
- local government
- lower house
- mayor
- member
- National Assembly
- particularism
- Phi Beta Kappa
- politician
- president
- prime minister
- primus
- proctor
- recall
- rector
- reeve
- represent
- republic
- seat
- sheriff
- shire
- shop steward
- soviet
- succession
- town council
- unelected
- urban district
- whip
