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well-beˈloved, ppl. a. and n.
A. ppl. adj.
1. Dearly loved, greatly beloved.
c1386Chaucer Prol. 215 And wel biloued and famulier was he With frankeleyns ouer al in his contree. 1422Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 247 Wyth lefe and welbelowid Pepill lagh and Play. c1440tr. Bonaventura in Hampole's Wks. (1896) I. 218 Mari Mawdeleyne, þat wele-beluffed discypulas of Ihesu. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 8 The chrysten man, as the welbeloued chylde of god. 1601Shakes. Jul. C. iii. ii. 180 Through this [rent], the wel-beloued Brutus stabb'd. 1648Bury Wills (Camden) 202 Susan Despotin, my well-beloued wife. 1799Ht. Lee Canterb. T., Old Woman's T. (ed. 2) I. 335 Lothaire..was the trusty and well-beloved page of Louis IX. 1831Scott Ct. Rob. iii, Our well-beloved and highly-gifted daughter. 1850Tennyson In Mem. cii, We leave the well-beloved place Where first we gazed upon the sky.
2. In letters, decrees, etc., of a sovereign or lord, prefixed to the names or designations of the persons addressed or referred to. Usually ‘(right) trusty and well-beloved’; cf. trusty a. 2. Also absol. (with omission of n.), and † (Sc.) with plural ending.
1423Rolls of Parlt. IV. 248/2 Ryght worshipfull and worshipfull Faders in God, oure ryght trusty and welebeloved. 1443Hen. VI in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. iii. I. 79 Our right trusty and right welbelouyd Cousin Therl of Suffolk. c1450Godstow Reg. 603 Our welbeloued in crist the Abbesse and Covent of Godestow. 1516Reg. Privy Seal Scot. I. 423/2 Our welebelovit knycht and counsalour William Scot of Balwery. 1524Hen. VIII in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. i. I. 239 Trusty and welbiloved we grete you wele. 1544in Rymer Foedera (1719) XV. 19 Oure Welebelovittis Hew Cunnygahame, and Thomas Bischop. 1648Hamilton Papers (Camden) 241 Our right trustie and right wellbeloued cousin the Earle of Lauderdaill. 1803in Nairne Peerage Evid. (1874) 111 Our right trusty and welbeloved George Keith baron Keith of Stone Haven. 1814Scott Let. in Lockhart (1837) III. x. 311 He would tell you of my departure with our trusty and well-beloved Erskine. 1884Rep. Comm. Housing Working Classes Pref. 3 Victoria [etc.]. To Our right trusty and well-beloved Councillor Sir C. W. Dilke. 1924Burke's Peerage 2 Barons are..addressed officially by the Crown, ‘Our Right trusty and well-beloved’. Ibid. 3 A Viscount..is officially addressed by the Crown as ‘Our right trusty and well-beloved Cousin’.
B. n. A dearly loved one.
1432–50tr. Higden VI. 79 Technyge Beda his welbelovyde while that he lyvede. 1575Gascoigne Glasse of Govt. iii. iii. Wks. 1910 II. 47 Nowe my welbeloved, and what sayth the..Markgrave unto you? 1611Bible Cant. i. 13 A bundle of myrrhe is my welbeloued vnto me. 1795–1814Wordsw. Excurs. vii. 342 The great, the good, The well-beloved, the fortunate, the wise,—These titles emperors and chiefs have borne. c1805H. K. White Hymn, ‘Awake, sweet harp’ iii, God sees his Well-beloved's face. 1891Kipling Light that Failed xv. 317 Then he comes back to me, for his well-beloved is here. |