The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dilection
Dilection \Di*lec"tion\, n. [L. dilectio: dilection. See
Diligent.]
Love; choice. [Obs.]
--T. Martin.
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dilection
n. 1 (context obsolete English) love; loving kindness 2 (context obsolete English) choice
Usage examples of "dilection".
Mary is handed over by her parents to the care of the High Priest at the Temple, she finds provided for her as companions the five maidens, Meditation, Contrition, Compassion, Cleanness and Fruition, while near by await her seven teachers, Discretion, Devotion, Dilection, Deliberation, Declaration, Determination and Divination, a goodly company of Doctors indeed.
Annette a virgin taste to form would be better than to have the silly, half-baked predilections of the English middle-class to deal with.