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    Society of Dilettanti (act. 1732–2003)
    (Oxford University Press, 2006) Kelly, Jason M.
    The Society of Dilettanti was founded by a group of gentlemen who met each other in Italy while on the grand tour. Thus travel to Italy, and later Greece, became a requirement for membership. The word dilettante is of Italian origin and its adoption by the society to refer to a lover of fine arts is its first recorded use in English.