单词 | electing |
释义 | electingn. The action of elect v. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > [noun] electionc1270 lectiona1300 electc1425 electing1611 1611 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 160 The ellecting of a Towne Clarke. 1687 in J. R. Bloxham Magdalen Coll. & James II (1886) (modernized text) 88 The Electing of the Bishop of Oxford. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2019). electingadj. Choosing, etc.: cf. senses of the verb. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > [adjective] > causing restoringa1398 savinga1400 redemptivec1429 safe-making1550 salvifical1581 redemptory1584 recovering1589 salvific1591 electing1673 1673 H. Hickman Hist. Quinq-articularis 474 They say, that Electing love makes men willing, and that Holiness is an effect of Election. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1611adj.1673 |
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