Meaning of beloved | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Someone who is loved; something that is loved.
2. Dearly loved.
3. Regarded with much love and tenderness:darling, dear, loved, precious.
4. A person who is much loved:darling, dear, honey, love, minion, precious, sweet, sweetheart, truelove.
5. much loved. my beloved country. geliefde, beminde مَحْبوب، عَزيز обичан amado milovaný, drahý geliebt højt elsket αγαπημένοςadorado armastatud محبوب؛ مورد علاقه rakas (bien)-aimé אהוב प्यारा voljen szeretett tercinta ástkær amato, adorato 最愛の 아주 사랑하는 mylimas mīļots tercinta geliefdeelsketukochany معشوق، خوږ،زړه ته نژدی bem amado (mult) iubit любимый milovaný ljubljeni voljeni älskad เป็นที่รัก sevgili, canı gibi sevdiği 深愛的 коханий, любий محبوب ، دلدار được yêu mến 被深爱的
6. a person very dear to one. My beloved left me for another. beminde, geliefde مَعْشوق، حَبيب любим amado milý, milá der/die Geliebte elskede αγαπημένο πρόσωπο, ο αγαπημένος, η αγαπημένη amado, amor armsam معشوق rakastettu (bien)-aimé/-ée אהוב प्रिय voljena osoba szíve választottja kekasih ástvinur amato 最愛の人 연인 mylimasis mīļotais; mīļotā dikasihi geliefdeelskedeukochany ګران یا کرانه amado iubit возлюбленный milý, -á, miláčik ljubi voljena osoba älskade, älskling ที่รัก çok sevilen kişi 心愛的人 к...
7. dearly loved
8. a person who is dearly loved, such as a wife or husband
9. greatly loved; dear to the heart.
10. a person who is beloved.
11. darling, love, sweet, lover, angel, loved one, sweetheart, truelove, dear one, inamorata or inamorato He takes his beloved in his arms.
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Examples

“[…] Chriſtian, with deſire fell ſick, Hopeful alſo had a fit or two of the ſame Diſeaſe: Wherefore, here they lay by it a while, crying out, becauſe of their pangs, If ye ſee my Beloved, tell him that I am ſick of love.”

“Near and dear relations are the only beloveds of others, as parents, children, &c. They set their affections so much on these, that Christ has little or no share in them: […] Christ is preferable to all such beloveds, and indeed to any creature-enjoyment whatever.”

“Beyond the smiths were the bookshops, supplying for the intellect the enchantment that the smith supplied for the eye. The standard assortment was there, but the most desired were books of philosophy and poetry to help the soul either weep or sing, and songs for the heart to sing of the beloved.”

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