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Definition of Labor of love
1. Noun. Productive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensation.
Definition of Labor of love
1. Noun. (idiomatic) A task performed voluntarily without expectation of reimbursement; an altruistic work or undertaking. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Labor Of Love
Literary usage of Labor of love
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events (1875)
"genius, this work was a labor of love to him, and he lavished upon it all his
thought and all his knowledge, with this result—that there are no accidental ..."
2. A Biographical History of Lancaster County: Being a History of Early by Alexander Harris (1872)
"... to have little sympathy from the world, but " God will not forget their works
and labor of love." The death of Bishop Bowman occurred in this wise. ..."
3. The Life and Labors of Charles H. Spurgeon: The Faithful Preacher, the by George Carter Needham (1883)
"The book is prepared as a " labor of love," — love for the man who so nobly gives
his life to the gospel ministry; love for the truth which he so ..."
4. Scenes and Scenery in the Sandwich Islands, and a Trip Through Central by James Jackson Jarves (1844)
"A Labor of Love. — Valley of Kalihiwai. — Hala Forest.— Waioli.— River and
Mountains.— Residents.— Agricultural Operations. — Silk Plantation. ..."
5. Russell's Magazine by Paul Hamilton Payne (1859)
"... of " The Palatine? the little evangelical religion we has afforded us mach
pleasure, and over the book, with an extract here labor of love, and there, ..."
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