chosen people

/ˌtʃoʊzən ˌpipəl/
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Other forms: chosen peoples

Definitions of chosen people
  1. noun
    any people believing themselves to be chosen by God
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    types:
    Hebrews, Israelites
    the ethnic group claiming descent from Abraham and Isaac (especially from Isaac's son Jacob); the nation whom God chose to receive his revelation and with whom God chose to make a covenant (Exodus 19)
    type of:
    people
    (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
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