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Webster 1913 Edition

Dilection

Di-lec′tion

,

Noun.

[L.

dilectio

:

dilection

. See

.]

Love; choice.

[Obs.]

T. Martin.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dilection

DILECTION

,

Noun.

[L.] A loving.

Definition 2024

dilection

dilection

English

Noun

dilection ‎(plural dilections)

(obsolete) love; loving kindness
- 1555, Martin
  These words mine, and thine, proceeded first of iniquitie, because men did not observe mutual and natural dilection.
- 1586, Harmar
  And this was the first testimony of the infinite dilection of God towards man.
- 1614, Bishop of London's Vine Palatine
  A bone not far from his heart, to put him in mind of dilection and love to the woman.
- Boyle
  So free is Christ's dilection, that the grand condition of our felicity is our belief.
(obsolete) choice