单词 | dilection |
释义 | † dilectionn. Obsolete. 1. Love, affection: almost always, spiritual or Christian love, or the love of God to man or of man to God; cf. charity n. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > [noun] loveeOE loveredOE lovingOE charity?c1225 lovenessa1250 dilection1388 cherishnessc1420 affixedness1668 the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > [noun] curec1000 custOE chirec1175 choosingc1200 choice1297 walea1352 dilection1388 election1393 elect1398 choose1430 option1549 1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) Rev. Prol. Ion, the apostil and euangelist of oure Lord Ihesu Crist, chosen and loued, in so gret loue of dileccioun is had. a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 851 Frenship, adieu; farewele, dileccioun. c1485 Digby Myst. iii. 1323 His desypylles..to hym had dyleccyon. c1520 Wyse Chyld & Emp. Adrian (1860) 15 They were by dyleccion all of one hart and of one wyll. 1623 tr. A. Favyn Theater of Honour & Knight-hood ix. vi. 399 In token of love and Brotherly dilection. 1683 E. Hooker in J. Pordage Theologia Mystica Pref. Epist. 56 This dilection, love, charitie towards God, and towards His Image, man. 2. The action of choosing, choice (of that on which one's desire or affection is set); esp. in Theology = election n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > [noun] healnessc897 heal901 alesenesseOE lesenessOE alesendnessOE healthc1000 alesednessOE berrhlessc1175 i-sundungc1175 salvation?c1225 buyinga1300 savementc1330 yborȝing1340 election1382 savinga1387 safetyc1390 soul healtha1393 redemptiona1400 safenessa1400 curation?c1400 predestinationc1400 gain-buying1435 dilection1570 expeccationa1631 unsinninga1631 soul-savingness1672 inner light1856 1570 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Morall Fabillis (Charteris) sig. I.ii And quhen the saull Geuis consent vnto delectioun, The wickit thocht beginnes for to breird In deidlie sin. 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 12) 841 We are adjured by our Election, Selection, Dilection, to be mercifull. 1656 H. Jeanes Treat. Fulnesse of Christ 51 in Mixture Scholasticall Divinity Christ is the only begotten son of God, not by dilection, but by eternall generation. 3. Used by Carlyle to render German liebden as a title of honour. ΚΠ 1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xi. v. 111 These things We expect from your Dilection, as Kurfürst of Brandenburg. 1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvii. iv. 545 [I] apprise Your Dilection, though under the deepest secrecy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1388 |
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