- exclusive attention or devotion to one's own particular interests, party, etc.
- the principle of leaving each state of a federation free to retain its laws and promote its interests.
- the doctrine that divine grace is provided only for the elect.
- exclusive attachment to the interests of one group, class, sect, etc, esp at the expense of the community as a whole
- the principle of permitting each state or minority in a federation the right to further its own interests or retain its own laws, traditions, etc
- the doctrine that divine grace is restricted to the elect
