Definition of Chosen people

1. Noun. Any people believing themselves to be chosen by God.

Generic synonyms: People
Specialized synonyms: Hebrews, Israelites

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chosen People

chorus
chorus frog
chorus girl
chorus line
chorused
choruses
chorusing
choruslike
chorussed
chorusses
chorussing
chose
chose jugée
chosen
chosen aggression principle
chosen people (current term)
chosenness
choses
choses jugées
choss
chota
chotahazri
chotchke
chott
chotts
chou
chough
choughs
choultries
choultry

Literary usage of Chosen people

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. I Accuse! by Richard Grelling (1915)
"Such is the judgment of serious men abroad on certain German peculiarities and on the presumption of Germany to be the chosen people of God. ..."

2. Dictionary of the Apostolic Church by James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, John Chisholm Lambert (1915)
"It was through the chosen people, the seed of Abraham, that God was pleased to make the clearest and fullest revelation of Himself to man and to prepare the ..."

3. Gems (?) of German Thought by William Archer (1917)
"The chosen people and its Mission. (AFTER JULY, 1914.) 117. He who does not believe in the Divine mission of Germany had better hang himself, ..."

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