chosen

chosen [choh-zuh n] Examples verb

1. a past participle of choose.

adjective

2. selected from several; preferred: my chosen profession.
3. Theology. elect(def 9).

noun

4. elect.

Related formscho·sen·ness, nounun·cho·sen, adjective Examples from the Web for chosenness Contemporary Examples of chosenness

Their chosenness seems self-evident, but rooted in their start as underdogs.

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British Dictionary definitions for chosenness chosen verb

1. the past participle of choose

adjective

2. selected or picked out, esp for some special quality

Chosen noun

1. the official name for Korea when it was a Japanese province (1910–45)

Word Origin and History for chosenness chosen n.

“the elect, the select,” especially those selected by God, c.1200, from past participle of choose (v.). Chosen people for “the Jews” is recorded from 1530s.