: a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur. 2. a: one that bears the blame for others b: one that is the object of irrational hostility.
Eclectic is located in northeastern Elmore County in the east-central part of the state. It has a mayor/city council form of government. The area in which Eclectic is located is among the many places in Alabama that are rumored to have been on the route of the Hernando de Soto expedition in the sixteenth century. Originally part of Creek territory, the town's land was first owned by tribemember Ho-Pic-You-Che, who received an allotment of land through the Treaty of Cusseta in 1832.
eclecticism. 1. the use or advocacy of a method involving the selection of doctrines from various systems and their combination into a unified system of ideas.2. such a system. â eclectic, n., adj.a style that intermixes features borrowed from other artists or differing schools; applied especially when the result is unsuccessful. eclecticist, n. an international movement, most in vogue from 1820 until about 1930, characterized by almost total freedom of choice among historical styles of both overall composition and decoration in the design of public buildings, the freedom tempered by the intended use or location of the building.