Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Chosen
chosen, verbal adj. [see choose, v.] (webplay: preference, taken).
- Favorite; designated; best-loved; singled out in preference.
- Appointed; called to serve, suffer, and save; [kenning “Chosen Child”] Christ; Anointed One (see Luke 23:35).
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