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| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| affection (əˈfɛkʃən) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a feeling of fondness or tenderness for a person or thing; attachment |
| 2. | (often plural) emotion, feeling, or sentiment: to play on a person's affections |
| 3. | pathol any disease or pathological condition |
| 4. | psychol See also affect any form of mental functioning that involves emotion |
| 5. | the act of affecting or the state of being affected |
| 6. | archaic inclination or disposition |
| [C13: from Latin affectiōn- disposition, from afficere to | |
| af'fectional | |
| —adj | |
affection af·fec·tion (ə-fěk'shən)
n.
A tender feeling toward another; fondness.
A bodily condition; disease.
feeling or emotion. Mention is made of "vile affections" (Rom. 1:26) and "inordinate affection" (Col. 3:5). Christians are exhorted to set their affections on things above (Col. 3:2). There is a distinction between natural and spiritual or gracious affections (Ezek. 33:32).