Middle English Dictionary Entry
dī̆lecciǒun n.
Entry Info
| Forms | dī̆lecciǒun n. Also dilection, dilexcion. |
| Etymology | L & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Divine or spiritual love; (b) mundane love.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 WBible(1) Prol.Apoc.(NYPubLib 67)638 : Jon, the apostil..chosen and loued, in so gret loue of dileccioun is had that..on his brest he shulde lyn.
- (?a1430) Hoccl.MG (Hnt HM 111)122 : The priuilege of his dileccioun In yow confermed god.
- a1456 Affter þe stormy tyme (Trin-C R.3.20)144 : Lat not þy flesshly foule affeccyoun Þy soule putte from his dyleccyoun.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)78/193 : Dyscressyon, devocion, dylexcion, and deliberacion..xal tende upon ȝow besyly.
- a1500(1413) ?Hoccl.Poems PS (Eg 615)p.xliv/235 : If ye to him [Christ] have affeccioun..Schewyth youre kendnesse & youre dileccioun.
- a1500 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)p.75 : Behald the brennyng to the of cristis dilectionne.
b
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)851 : Þere preue I schal þe mutabilitee Of þis wreched worldes affeccioun..ffrendchipe, a dieu! farwel, dileccioun!