all-loving

English

Etymology

From all- +‎ loving.

Adjective

all-loving (not comparable)

1. Loving all people, creatures, things, etc.
   • 1853, Theodore Parker, Ten Sermons of Religion, pages 242–243:

     I know, I feel, I am sure of this, that the infinite God has known it all, provided for it all; that as he is all-powerful, all-wise, all-just, all-loving, and all-holy too, no absolute evil shall ever come to any child of his, erring or sinned against.

Usage notes

• Often of God or another deity.

See also

• omnibenevolent

Further reading

• “all-loving, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.