"love feast" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-us-love feast.oga Forms: love feasts [plural]
Etymology: From love + feast, partial calque of Latin agape and Koine Greek ἀγάπη (agápē). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|love|feast}} love + feast, {{glossary|calque}} calque, {{calque|en|la|-|notext=1}} Latin, {{m+|grc-koi|ἀγάπη}} Koine Greek ἀγάπη (agápē) Head templates: {{en-noun}} love feast (plural love feasts)
  1. (Christianity, historical) A symbolic communal meal held by early Christians in commemoration of the eucharist. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Christianity, Love Synonyms: agape Translations (symbolic communal meal — see also agape): Liebesmahl [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-love_feast-en-noun-MyAi5YEd Disambiguation of Love: 51 40 10 Topics: Christianity Disambiguation of 'symbolic communal meal — see also agape': 67 23 10
  2. (Christianity) A religious service held by Moravians, Methodists and some other group, in imitation of such gatherings, characterised by partaking in a simple meal. Categories (topical): Christianity
    Sense id: en-love_feast-en-noun-DnCSi-i4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 46 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 54 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 55 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 55 18 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 23 57 20 Topics: Christianity
  3. (figurative, now chiefly Canada, US) Any banquet or gathering to promote goodwill among the participants. Tags: Canada, US, figuratively Translations (banquet to promote goodwill): Liebesmahl [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-love_feast-en-noun-C6PB1s46 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English Disambiguation of 'banquet to promote goodwill': 9 3 89

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