predilections

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predilections

  1. plural of predilection
    • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter III, in Romance and Reality. [], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, [], →OCLC, page 42:
      His residence in England had taught him the language; and one or two little adventures had given him a high idea of English predilections for foreigners; he therefore came to the conclusion, that if Miss Arundel was a girl of any heart, it never could resist a picturesque banditti chieftain...