well-beloved

[ wel-bi-luhv-id, -luhvd ]

/ ˈwɛl bɪˈlʌv ɪd, -ˈlʌvd /

loved deeply and sincerely: my well-beloved fiancé.

highly respected and honored: our well-beloved speaker.

a person who is loved dearly: in respect for the well-beloved.

Origin of well-beloved

1350–1400; Middle English wel biloved

Assuredly he is the snake who has been hissing about my well-beloved flower.

Child of a Century, Complete |Alfred de Musset
Oh, my dear and well-beloved countrymen, what creatures of fashion and precedent we all are, from high to low!

Notes in North Africa |W. G. Windham
She often goes to Conington now, where we all meet, a merry party, of which the generous old man is the well-beloved centre.

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art |Various
The death of this good and well-beloved cavalier spread grief and lamentation throughout all ranks.

Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada |Washington Irving

In the first instance you are wrongin the second you are right, my well-beloved, answered the marquis.

Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf |George W. M. Reynolds