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| The Calvinist doctrine that God has foreordained some people to be saved and some to be damned. |
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| In Calvinist doctrine, those who have been chosen by God for salvation. |
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| A religious turn to God, thought by Calvinists to involve an intense, identifiable person experience. |
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| In Calvinism, those who publicly proclaimed their experience of conversion and were expect to lead godly lives. |
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| In Protestantism, the belief that saved individuals have a religious obligation to engage in worldly work. |
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| Departure from correct or officially defined belief. |
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| Concerning resistance to or rebellion against the government. |
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| An organized civil government or social order. |
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| Absolute or dictatorial rule. |
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| Nonviolent action or opposition to authority in accord with religious or moral beliefs. |
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| Concerning exclusive legal ownership, as of colonies granted to individuals by the monarch. |
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| The granting of citizenship to foreigners or immigrants. |
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| Laws designed to restrict personal behavior in accord with a strict code of morality. |
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| Concerning diverse peoples or cultures, specifically those of non-Anglo-Saxon background. |
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