The flower and choice
Of many provinces from bound to bound.
Milton.
To make a choice of, to choose; to select; to separate and take in preference.
Syn. - See Volition, Option.
Choice, a. [Compar. Choicer (?); superl. Choicest (?).] 1. Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable.
My choicest hours of life are lost.
Swift.
2. Preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; -- used with of; as, to be choice of time, or of money.