a·ga·pe 2 
(ä-gäpā, ägə-pā′)
(ä-gäpā, ägə-pā′)n.
1. Christianity
a. Love as revealed in Jesus, seen as spiritual and selfless and a model for humanity.
b. In the early Christian Church and some modern churches, the love feast accompanied by Eucharistic celebration.
2. Love that is spiritual, not sexual, in its nature.
[Greek agapē, love (particularly non-sexual love), back-formation from agapān, to greet with affection, show affection, from earlier *aga-pā-ye-, to provide great protection (such as due to a guest from a host), denominative verb from *aga-pā-, providing great protection : *aga-, great, from *ga-, compositional variant of Greek mega-, great; see MEGA- + *pā-, to protect; see pā- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]