chosen people
noun (often initial capital letters)
the Israelites. Ex. 19.
Origin of chosen people
First recorded in 1525–35
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British Dictionary definitions for chosen people
chosen people
pl n
any of various peoples believing themselves to be chosen by God, esp the Jews
Cultural definitions for chosen people
Chosen People
A term applied to the Jews (see also Jews). According to the Old Testament, God chose the descendants of Abraham through the line of Isaac and Jacob — the ancestors of today's Jews — as the people through whom he would reveal himself to the world. God therefore freed them from slavery in Egypt (see also Egypt) and led them into the Promised Land.