<OL TYPE="1"><LI>act of taking, capture: e.g. storming a city<LI>choosing, choice<LI>that which is chosen<LI>a body of men following their own tenets (sect or party)<OL TYPE="a"><LI>of the Sadducees<LI>of the Pharisees<LI>of the Christians</OL><LI>dissensions arising from diversity of opinions and aims</OL>