Elding

[A. S. älan, to kindle.] Wood for burn--a. [Lat. elect us.] Picked out; chosen; taken by preing; fuel. (Local, Eng.) El'don, in Kansas, a village of Pottawattomie co., abt. 8 m. N. E. of Manhattan. Eldo'ra, in low a, a post-village and township, cap. of Hard in co., on the Iowa River, abt. 70 m. N.N.E. of Des Moines, El Dora'do. [Sp., the golden region.] The name given by Orellana, in 1531, to a country which he pretended to have discovered in the interior of S. America, between the rivers Orinoco and Amazon. He a erted that gold and precious stones existed in this region in great abundance. In 1595 Sir Walter Raleigh fitted out an expedition for the purpose of taking po e ion of El Dorado for the English government. The term has been since applied to various regions in which gold has been found. El Dorado, a name given to a part of S. America by the Spaniards. El Dora'do, in Arkansas, a post-village, cap. of Union co., 145 m. S. by W. of Little Rock; pop. abt. 450. El Dora'do, in California, a E. central co., bordering on Nevada; area, abt. 1,790 sq. m. Rivers. American, Co ference from among two or more; chosen as the object of mercy; chosen; selected or designated to eternal life; chosen to an office, but not yet in office. -n. One chosen out or set apart; persons who are chosen or designated by God to salvation; a nation or body selected and set apart, as a peculiar church or people. Elect'ant, n. [Lat. electans.] An elector. (R.) Elec'tary, n. (Med.) Same as ELECTUARY. Elec'ticism, n. Eclecticism. Elec'tion, n. [Fr., from Lat. electio .] Act of electing or choosing; choice; act of selecting one or more from others; act of choosing a person to fill an office or employment; choice. - Voluntary preference; free will.Liberty to act or not; power of choosing or selecting. -Divine choice; predestination. - Predetermination.The public choice of officers; those who are elected. (Law.) E. is, when a man is left to his own free will to take or do one thing or another, which he pleases. It is the obligation imposed upon a party to choose between two or more inconsistent or alternative rights or claims, where he cannot enjoy the benefits of both. In courts of equity, the principle of election is frequently applied where a party has inconsistent rights, and is compelled to elect which he will enforce. It has been said that the doctrine constitutes a rule of law as well as in equity, but that, in consequence of the forms of proceeding at law, a party cannot be put to elect. Every act of election presupposes a plurality of gifts or rights, with a right of the party to elect any one of them. Though, as a general rule, a person is not allowed to sue in equity and at law for the same thing, but is obliged to elect in which court he will proceed; yet there is an exception in the case of a mortgagee, who may proceed both in equity and at law at the same time. (Theol.) Election is defined as "a purpose of God referring to certain and definite persons of the fallen and sinful race of mankind, determining to unite them to Christ, and by means of that new connection with Him to bring them to perfect holine and happine ." -That God hath out of His mere good pleasure from all eternity predestined some of the human race to everlasting life, and left others to inevitable and eternal damnation, is maintained to be a doctrine clearly taught in Scripture, and a nece ary consequence of the onniscience and foreknowledge of God. See PREDESTINATION. Electioneer', v . n. To make interest for a candidate at an election; to use arts for securing the election of a candidate; to canva for votes.