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▪ I. well-ˈliving, vbl. n. A virtuous manner of life.
c1400Rule of St. Benet (Verse) 243 For who to wele-lifing sall win, With greuauns grete þaim bus bigin. 1656Stanley Hist. Philos. v. (1687) 162/2 The first [part of Philosophy], concerning well living. ▪ II. well-ˈliving, ppl. a. That leads a good life.
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. x. 431 Þere aren witty and wel libbynge [justi atque sapientes], ac her werkes ben yhudde In þe hondes of almiȝty god. c140026 Pol. Poems iii. 76 Wel lyuyng man [is] hardy of kynde. 1596in Spalding Club Misc. I. 87 Thi self wsand thy witchecraft, altogidder contrarius to the natour of weill levand personis. 1870Newman Gram. Assent i. iv. 55 The piously-minded and well-living people in all ranks of the community. |