preelection
preelection Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Occurring, conducted, or existing during the period leading up to a political election.
"The candidates participated in several televised preelection debates to outline their economic policies."
• noun
An election held in advance of a main or general election, such as a preliminary or primary vote.
"Party members gathered to cast their ballots in the regional preelection."
The act of choosing or selecting beforehand; in Christian theology, divine predestination of individuals for salvation.
"The seventeenth-century treatise explored the theological doctrine of grace and preelection."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the 17th century from Late Latin praeelectio (the theological sense of choosing beforehand), and later re-formed in English from the prefix pre- and election for modern political contexts.