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Definition of Labour of love
1. Noun. Productive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensation.
Definition of Labour of love
1. Noun. (idiomatic British spelling) (alternative spelling of labor of love) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Labour Of Love
Literary usage of Labour of love
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoir and Letters of Sara Coleridge by Sara Coleridge Coleridge, Edith Coleridge (1873)
"Reserve in Friendship—A Labour of Love—Dedication of the Second Edition of the
Biographia Literaria to Mr Wordsworth —" The Silence of Old Age. ..."
2. The Antiquary (1873)
"Nearly nine- ruths of them were the work of monks, who devoted long lours and
days to their labour of love for the sen-ice of particular churches. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Artists of the English School: Painters, Sculptors by Samuel Redgrave (1878)
"... and was the representative of an old family in that county. He undertook to
decorate with his own hand the nave of Ely Cathedral. As a labour of love he ..."
4. The Lauderdale Papers by John Maitland Lauderdale, Osmund Airy (1884)
"... and do hope and pray that God will richly reward all your work and labour of
love in behalfe of this Church, now breathing for a comfortable settlement, ..."
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