the act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to take place | the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice |
a mental determination or resolve in advance; an antecedent intention to do something | a vote to select the winner of a position or political office |
(theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind) | the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists) |
| the status or fact of being elected |