chosen people

noun

1. Often Chosen People. (in the Bible) the Israelites.

chosen people

plural noun

1. any of various peoples believing themselves to be chosen by God, esp the Jews

Chosen People

1. 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 .

Word History and Origins

Origin of chosen people¹

First recorded in 1525–35

Example Sentences

"They can do what they want. They are the chosen people."

From BBC

That really deeply serves this concept that my people are the chosen people, and everybody else is trying to mess us up.

From Salon

Some Christians support Israel due to Old Testament writings that Jews are God’s chosen people and that Israel is their rightful homeland.

From Seattle Times

His assistants undergo such a rigorous selection process that a former bodyguard once called them “a caste of chosen people.”

From New York Times

Christian Identity followers believe white people are God’s chosen people.

From Seattle Times