Emily Dickinson Lexicon

election, n. [OFr < L. see elect.]

Choice; exercise of agency; deliberate choosing between options; [metaphor] vote; process of selecting a candidate; [fig.] appointment; acceptance; spiritual initiation; [Calvinist] assurance of salvation; state of being predestined as one of God's chosen people; [Congregational] induction into a religious congregation by vote of the members.