CHOSEN, participle passive 1. Selected from a number; picked out; taken in preference; elected; predestinated; designated to office. 2. Select; distinguished by preference; eminent. His chosen captains are drowned in the sea. Exodus 15:4. Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood. 1 Peter 2:4.
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