Claim
Claim verb - To state as a fact usually forcefully.
Elect
Elect verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.
How words are described
| small | small claim | small elect |
Common collocations
| prize | claim prize | elect prize |
| leadership | claim leadership | elect leadership |
| princess | claim princess | elect princess |
Both words in one sentence
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On the very fringes of traditional Catholicism are the Sedevacantists (sede vacante meaning the chair is empty) who claim that there hasn't been a validly elected Pope since John XXIII, and the Conclavists (who choose to elect their own Pope instead).
Source: Useful Notes / Christianity
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