chosenadj.
/ˈtʃəʊzn/, U.S. /ˈtʃoʊzn/ Used adjectively in the senses of the verb.absolute.1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto II ccii. 220 She was one Made but to love, to feel that she was his Who was her chosen.
1. Taken by preference, selected, picked out.
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the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > [adjective] > chosen
ychosen1297
chosen1483
waled1488
choosedc1525
elected1549
favourished1556
choised1580
chose1654
optionala1684
eclect1848
1483 Cath. Angl. 64 Chosyn, electus, selectus.
1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xix. lxxiii. sig. kkviiv/2 Chosen [a1398 BL Add. chose] mylke..shall haue foure qualytees.
1611 Bible (King James) Exod. xv. 4 His chosen captaines also are drowned in the red Sea. View more context for this quotation
1614 T. Lodge tr. J. Lipsius Life Seneca i, in tr. Seneca Wks. sig. c The most chosen Romanes.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. vi. 31 A guard of chosen Shot I had. View more context for this quotation
1765 D. Garrick Let. 27 Jan. in G. Colman Posthumous Lett. (1820) 270 Three Vols of the most chosen Songs in the french language.
1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold I. i. i. 20 White seemed his chosen colour.
1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiv. 4 A chosen array, rare bloom of valorous Argos.
2.
a. Theology. Chosen of God; elect.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > [adjective] > saved
safec1300
chosen1382
saveda1400
ransomedc1425
redempt?a1430
pre-electc1475
elect1526
redeemed1538
elected1548
redempted1623
Israelistic1684
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 1 Pet. ii. 9 Ȝe ben a kynde chosun [a1425 L.V. chosun kyn].
?1531 J. Frith Disput. Purgatorye ii. sig. f4v The holye and chosen people of god.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Acts ix. B For this man is a chosen vessell vnto me.
1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas xvi. 215 The best and chosenest member I haue, shal doe thee seruice.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 405. ¶6 Those who were stiled the chosen People.
1827 R. Pollok Course of Time II. vii. 75 That warred Against the chosen saints.
b. absol. Elect. (mostly plural.)
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > [noun] > person > collective
sheepc825
chosenc1200
heritagea1340
markedc1350
Israel1382
peculiar peoplea1513
forechosen1577
peculiar1610
election1611
predestinated1626
peculiar racea1657
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 93 Þe holie procession, þe he wile maken a domes dai mid hise chosene.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 1609 He him self to pyne didde For his chosen on rode tre.
?1548 J. Bale Image Bothe Churches (new ed.) i. x. sig. c.iiijv To their confusion and to the chosens conforte.
a1569 M. Coverdale Fruitful Lessons (1593) sig. Mm4 He maketh his chosen to bee like fashioned vnto the image of his sonne.
1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 4 He..inspireth Light, into the Face of his Chosen.
1814 R. Southey Roderick iv The servant and the chosen of the Lord.
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