Beloved definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary BELOV'ED, ppr. [be and ... WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: dearly loved [syn: beloved, darling, dear] n 1: a beloved person; used as terms of endearment [syn: beloved, dear, dearest, honey, love] Merriam Webster's adjective Etymology: Middle ... love Date: 14th century dearly loved ; dear to the heart • beloved noun Oxford Reference Dictionary predic. also adj. & n. --adj. much ... 1913 Dictionary Belove Be*love", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beloved.] [OE. bilufien. See pref. Be-, and Love, v. t.] ...
Well-beloved definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary WELL-BELOVED, a. Greatly beloved. Mark 12. Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 14th century 1. sincerely and deeply loved < my well-beloved wife > 2. sincerely respected — used in various ceremonial forms of ...
Darling definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary D'ARLING, a. Dearly beloved; favorite; regarded with great kindness and tenderness; as a darling child; a darling science. D'ARLING, n. One much beloved; a favorite; as, that son was the darling of his ... WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: dearly loved [syn: beloved, darling, dear] n 1: a special loved one [syn: darling ... darlingness noun Oxford Reference Dictionary n. & adj. --n. 1 a beloved or lovable person or thing. 2 a favourite. 3 colloq. a pretty or endearing person or thing. --adj. 1 beloved, lovable. 2 favourite. 3 colloq. charming or pretty. Etymology: OE ... o]re dear + -ling. See Dear, and -ling.] One dearly beloved; a favorite. And can do naught but wail her ...
... demand. 3. Of a high value in estimation; greatly valued; beloved; precious. And the last joy was dearer than the rest ... WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: dearly loved [syn: beloved, darling, dear] 2: with or in a close or intimate ... syn: costly, dear, high-priced, pricey, pricy] n 1: a beloved person; used as terms of endearment [syn: beloved, dear, dearest, honey, love] 2: a sweet innocent mild-mannered ... Oxford Reference Dictionary adj., n., adv., & int. --adj. 1 a beloved or much esteemed. b as a merely polite or ironic ... of price; as, a dear year. 3. Highly valued; greatly beloved; cherished; precious. ``Hear me, dear lady.'' --Shak. Neither count ...
... will. God is love. 1 John 4. 5. The object beloved. The lover and the love of human kind. 6. A ... a passion for cock fighting"; [syn: love, passion] 3: a beloved person; used as terms of endearment [syn: beloved, dear, dearest, honey, love] 4: a deep feeling of sexual ... or admiration < baseball was his first love > b. (1) a beloved person ; darling — often used as a term of endearment (2 ... liking. 2 sexual passion. 3 sexual relations. 4 a a beloved one; a sweetheart (often as a form of address). b ... be fond of, be partial to, be pleased with, beau, beloved, beloved object, beneficence, benevolence, benevolent disposition, benevolentness, bent, best ...
... return to Philippi to celebrate the Easter week with his beloved converts there. He went on into Greece, but in 3 ... now (Php 1:5). He declares that they are his beloved who have always obeyed, not in his presence only, but ... 12). With fond repetition he addresses them as his brethren, beloved and longed for, his joy and crown, his beloved (Php 4:1). This was Paul's favorite church, and ... Aside from this Paul has nothing but praise for his beloved brethren and prayer that their love may abound yet more ... If this is his last will and testament to his beloved church, as Holtzmann calls it, he has nothing to ...
... critical or abstruse. Homilies are plain and popular instructions. 3. Beloved by the people; enjoying the favor of the people; pleasing ... all others, the basest and of least account. --Holland. 4. Beloved or approved by the people; pleasing to people in general ... rage, all the thing, amateur, applauded, approved, associated, average, backed, beloved, besetting, bourgeois, campy, celebrated, cherished, civil, collective, collectivistic, common, commonplace ... conventional, cooperative, coveted, cried up, current, customary, darling, dear, dearly beloved, desired, distinguished, dominant, epidemic, established, esteemed, everyday, fabled, famed, familiar ... datish, up-to-the-minute, usual, vernacular, vulgar, wanted, well-beloved, well-known, well-liked, well-thought-of, widespread, wished-for ...
... v.t. [from dear.] To make dear; to make more beloved. The distress of a friend endears him to us, by ... in cost, value, or estimation 2. to cause to become beloved or admired < her generosity has endeared her to the public ... v.tr. (usu. foll. by to) make dear to or beloved by. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Endear En*dear", v. t ... p. pr. & vb. n. Endearing.] 1. To make dear or beloved. ``To be endeared to a king.'' --Shak. 2. To raise ...
... and the Gospel. The application of the Messianic title, the Beloved (Eph 1:6), to Christ does not appear in the ... adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, in whom as the Beloved He has given us grace (1:3-6). Redeemed by ... compare 2:12; 4:18). He is the Messiah (the Beloved (1:6) is clearly a Messianic term, as the voice from heaven at Christ's baptism, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased," shows (Mt 3 ...
... Jesus and His mother, or between Jesus and His well-beloved disciple removes all possible ambiguity which might attach to the ... and a member of the family consisting of a much-beloved brother, Lazarus, and another sister, Martha, who made a home ... simply as a woman in two others; and as the beloved and honored Mary of Bethany in a third is not ... latter, the motive was gratitude for something quite different, a beloved brother back from the grave, and, may we not say ...
... beseeches Philemon to receive his slave as a "faithful and beloved brother." Paul offers to pay to Philemon anything his slave ... Onesimus to the brethren in Colosse, as a "faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you," and he goes on ... Christ." The slave too is now a brother in Christ, beloved by Paul: surely he will be beloved by Philemon also. Then Paul intimates that he hopes soon ...