electus

Etymology
Perfect passive participle of.

Participle

 * 1) extracted
 * 2) chosen, elected
 * 3)  electus, member of the highest class of believer in Manichaeism, who adhere to an ascetic, vegetarian way of life.
 * 4) * Aurelius Augustine, In psalmum 140, 12.
 * Tales sunt electi, ut non sint salvandi a Deo, sed salvatores Dei.
 * So great are the electi, that they are not to be saved by God, but saviours of God.