Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Beloved

Beloved ({not transcribed}) , past participle and adjective

Greatly loved; dear to the heart.
Antony, so well beloved of Casar. — Shakespeare
This is my beloved Son. — Matt. iii. 17

Beloved ({not transcribed}) , noun

One greatly loved.
My beloved is mine, and I am his. — Cant. ii. 16