different between calvinist vs elect

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Calvinist (archaic, superseded)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French calviniste. Equivalent to Calvijn +? -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?l.vi?n?st/
• Hyphenation: cal?vi?nist
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

calvinist m (plural calvinisten)

1. Calvinist, a follower of Calvinism. [from 16th c.]
2. An orthodox Reformed Protestant, especially a confessional conservative (frequently with mostly negative connotations of dogmatism, narrowness, moralism but also suggesting thrift and industriousness). [from 19th c.]

Related terms

• calvinisme
• calvinistisch

Romanian

Etymology

From French calviniste

Noun

calvinist m (plural calvini?ti)

1. Calvinist

Declension

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ?l?ctus, past participle of ?lig? (“to pick out, choose, elect”), from ?- (“out”) + leg? (“to pick out, pick, gather, collect, etc.”); see legend.

Cognate to eclectic, which is via Ancient Greek rather than Latin, hence prefix ?? (ek), rather than e- (from ex).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?kt/, /i??l?kt/
• Hyphenation: elect
• Rhymes: -?kt

Noun

elect (plural elects or elect)

1. One chosen or set apart.
2. (theology) In Calvinist theology, one foreordained to Heaven. In other Christian theologies, someone chosen by God for salvation.

   • Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth.

   • Shall not God avenge his won elect?

Antonyms

• reprobate

Derived terms

• president-elect

Translations

Verb

elect (third-person singular simple present elects, present participle electing, simple past and past participle elected)

1. (transitive) To choose or make a decision (to do something)
2. (transitive) To choose (a candidate) in an election

Related terms

Translations

Adjective

elect (not comparable)

1. (postpositive) Who has been elected in a specified post, but has not yet entered office.

   He is the President elect.
2. Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.
   • the elect angels

Translations

Further reading

• elect in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• elect in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.