election
noun
the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.
self-election
-
a word derived from
election.
Example Sentences
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As a transcultural figure — Latin American-born but long a resident of the United States; Indigenous by self-election more than by birth — she has been hard to profile.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2022
I began to combat his views, and once sought the reason of his ardour and self-election to the post of teacher.
From Bye-Ways by Robert Smythe Hichens
I have an aunt," he said, "by self-election, a most worthy woman, who was my mother's cousin.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 19, 1916 by Sir Owen Seaman
You will hardly dare to refuse to any true poet the self-election of his materials.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various
