Definition of "dilection" in English

noun

1. (dated) love; loving kindness

   • 1554, Dr. Martin [ Stephen Gardiner? ], Treatise on the Marriage of Priestes These words mine, and thine, proceeded first of iniquitie, because men did not observe mutual and natural dilection.
   • So free is Christ's dilection, that the grand condition of our felicity is our belief.

2. (dated) choice