1. Chosen; chosen for office, etc.; see the vb.
1559. Form Consecr. Bishops, in Liturg. Serv. Q. Eliz. (1817), 293. The elected Bishop shall be presented … unto the Archbishop of that Province.
1611. Shaks., Cymb., III. iv. 12. Why hast thou gone so farre To be vn-bent? when thou hast ’tane thy stand, Th’ elected Deere before thee?
1673. Penn, Chr. Ouaker, vi. 538. Some Parents … do frequently bestow their Favours upon an Elected Darling.
1851. Longf., Gold. Leg., Farm in Odenw. Thou art my elected bride.
† b. absol. with plural sense. Obs. rare.
1548. trans. Erasm. Paraph., Acts, 23 a. Iesus … the defendour of his owne elected.
1550. Cranmer, Defence, Pref. *2 a. To … geue pardon … to al his elected.
2. Chosen by vote as distinguished from other modes of selection.
Mod. The elected members of the council command more confidence than the nominated members.
