dilection

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  love; loving kindness
 * 2) * 1554, Dr. Martin [ ? ], Treatise on the Marriage of Priestes
 * These words mine, and thine, proceeded first of iniquitie, because men did not observe mutual and natural dilection.
 * 1) * 1648,, Discourse on Seraphick Love, published 1660
 * So free is Christ's dilection, that the grand condition of our felicity is our belief.
 * 1)  choice
 * So free is Christ's dilection, that the grand condition of our felicity is our belief.
 * 1)  choice

Noun

 * 1) pious love;  love