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Definition of Predilections
1. predilection [n] - See also: predilection
Lexicographical Neighbors of Predilections
Literary usage of Predilections
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1847)
"Maga in America. villanous predilections of the Rosi- crucian contended for the
mastery, although his intellect recognised the wisdom of the Vision. ..."
2. Parliamentary Debates on the Subject of the Confederation of the British by Canada Parliament (1865)
"I did not then consider it an improvement, and my views have not changed since ;
I have, consequently, no personal predilections for an Elective Council, ..."
3. The History of Ten Years, 1830-1840 by Louis Blanc (1844)
"... should most obsequiously submit themselves to the growing ascendancy of hia
fortunes. Apart from these considerations, the prince's predilections were ..."
4. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1898)
"The inevitable conflict between Calvinistic ideas and the state church as
reestablished by Elizabeth; the queen's personal predilections; bound themselves ..."
5. The Life and Times of Henry, Lord Brougham by Henry Peter Brougham Brougham and Vaux (1872)
"The King and his predilections.—Lord Melbourne's Premiership.—How accomplished.—Personal
Feeling of the King. —Lord Durham.—The English Poor-law Bill. ..."
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