chosen people (redirected from Christian election)

chosen people

pl n

any of various peoples believing themselves to be chosen by God, esp the Jews

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chosen people - any people believing themselves to be chosen by God people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" Hebrews, Israelites - the ethnic group claiming descent from Abraham and Isaac (especially from Isaac's son Jacob); the nation whom God chose to receive his revelation and with whom God chose to make a covenant (Exodus 19)