noun
One chosen or set apart.
(theology) In Calvinist theology, one foreordained to Heaven. In other Christian theologies, someone chosen by God for salvation.
verb
(transitive) To choose or make a decision (to do something).
(transitive) To choose (a candidate) in an election.
adjective
(postpositive) Who has been elected in a specified post, but has not yet entered office.
Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.