agapen.

Brit.

/ˈaɡəpeɪ/,

/ˈaɡəpiː/, U.S.

/ɑˈɡɑˌpeɪ/,

/ˈɑɡəˌpeɪ/

Inflections: Plural agapae, agapes, (rare) agapai, (rare) unchanged.

Forms: 1500s– agape, 1800s agapè.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin agape; Greek ἀγάπη.

Etymology: < (i) post-classical Latin agape love, charity, communal meal held in the early church (late 2nd cent. in Tertullian), alms (5th cent.), and its etymon (ii) Hellenistic Greek ἀγάπη love, charity, communal meal held in the early church, in Byzantine Greek also alms < ancient Greek ἀγαπᾶν to love, of unknown origin. Compare Middle French, French agape communal meal held in the early church (1574).

Christian Church.

1. Also with capital initial.

a. The communal religious meal believed to have been held in the early Church in close relation to the Eucharist; = love-feast n. 1a. historical.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > [noun] > Christian love > love feast held by the early Christians

agape1536

society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > kinds of rite > early Christian > [noun]

agape1536

love-feast1573

1536 R. Taverner tr. P. Melanchthon Apol. sig. U.v, in Confessyon Fayth Germaynes A parte was taken to be consecrate. The rest was distributed to ye poore... And by reason of suche collations, it appereth also y^t the masse otherwhyles is called Agape (that is to say) a charitie.

1567 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. Ep. Ded. sig. Qqqvii Churche Feastes, (whiche in olde time were called Agapae).

1607 R. Parker Scholasticall Disc. against Antichrist i. ii. 70 The Christians had their Agapæ at communions.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Agapæ, in Church History, Love-Feasts; a Name given to certain Festivals, celebrated in the antient Greek Church.

1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity II. vi. i. 16 Of these offerings..part also was eaten..in what they called their Agapes, or love feasts.

1838 W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. II. Contents p. ix The Agapai, or Love Feasts of the early Christians.

1908 Encycl. Relig. & Ethics I. 172/1 In the references to this custom in Tertullian and Cyprian, the Eucharist alone is explicitly mentioned; but probably an Agape is intended as well.

2010 D. Macey tr. J.-C. Kaufmann Meaning of Cooking ii. iv. 132 (note) Agapes were banquets in which the tables groaned with food... When the Eucharist took on a symbolic value, they were banned.

b. In extended use: any of various Christian rituals or communal meals modelled on this, (now esp.) a parochial feast at a festival time.In the 18th cent. in the Moravian and Methodist Churches: a religious service comprising a simple meal; = love-feast n. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > ritual meal

Easter supper1548

agape1784

society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > kinds of rite > Christian meal > [noun]

agape1784

1784 H. Adams Alphabet. Compend. Var. Sects 123 When the [Moravian] brethren perceive that the zeal of the society is declining, their devotion is revived by celebrating agapes, or love-feasts.

1826 E. Henderson Biblical Res. & Trav. in Russia vi. 158 He [sc. the Bishop] could not express the pleasure it gave him to be able to celebrate an agapè on the present occasion.

1861 J. A. Hessey Sunday Index 509 Definition of an Agape from the Wesleyan Catechism.

1920 A. Huxley Limbo 77 There is a large upper chamber reserved for agapes.

1968 Listener 25 July 103/1 They prayed all night in Uppsala's great Gothic cathedral,..and, towards dawn, held an agape.

2003 Press Enterprise (Riverside, Ca.) (Nexis) 26 Apr. b4 At noon Sunday, St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church will hold an ‘Agape’.

2. Theology. Christian love, as distinct from erotic love or simple affection; charity.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > [noun] > Christian love

agape1727

the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [noun] > love

loveOE

charityc1175

paramourc1390

loving kindness1535

philanthropy1631

agape1727

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Agape, love.

1856 H. G. M. Lascelles Compensation I. x. 88 Mr. Grant was..animated by real charity, or love, the ‘Agape’—so rare to find—of which she had read and admired the true meaning in her Greek testament.

1950 W. H. Auden Enchafèd Flood (1951) iii. 100 He exhibits Christian forgiveness and Christian agape without the slightest effort.

2005 Church Times 5 Aug. 9/1 Christians commonly trot out a simplistic distinction between a love that is selfless and caring—agape—and that which is apparently self-seeking and appetitive—eros.

Compounds

General attributive (in sense 1), as agape meal, agape supper, etc.; (in sense 2) as agape love.

ΚΠ

1880 P. Schaff Pop. Comm. New Test. II. 472/2 The ‘breaking of bread’ in the Holy Communion followed, at this early period of the Church's history, the ‘Agape’ meal.

1903 Amer. Jrnl. Theol. 7 607 He refers, Batiffol contends, not to the agape supper, but to the eucharist assembly.

1950 P. Ramsey Basic Christian Ethics 115 The difference..between Agape-love which seeks not its own and erotic love which seeks its own [satisfaction].

1991 D. Means Quick Kiss for Redempt. 153 After preaching the second service, and attending the agape brunch with the members, no one at the church expected him to hang around.

2010 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 28 Oct. 24/4 Carter..got up..and in a preacherly singsong droned on and on about ‘agape love’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

agapeadv.adj.

Brit.

/əˈɡeɪp/, U.S.

/əˈɡeɪp/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: a- prefix³, gape v.

Etymology: < a- prefix³ + gape v.

A. adv.

So as to be gaping or wide open; in a gaping fashion; spec. with the mouth open in an attitude or state of astonishment, anticipation, wonder, or incomprehension.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [adverb] > accompanied by wonder

agape1667

breathlessly1797

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > [adverb]

wonderfullya1500

wonderingly1556

amazedly1561

astonishedly1612

agape1667

fascinatedly1848

marvellingly1871

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [adverb] > open

gapingly?1571

full-moutha1605

agape1667

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 357 Thir rich Retinue..Dazles the croud, and sets them all agape .

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. i. 189 When the Moon interposes between us and the Sun so as to cover his whole Body, it sets every eye agape.

1846 E. Robinson Cæsar Borgia II. ii. 27 ‘Who art thou?’ gasped the friar, after staring agape for several moments.

1866 G. A. Townsend Campaigns Non-combatant xi. 117 As all looked agape, the air-craft..plunged.

1908 H. K. Job Sport of Bird-study ix. 141 Up popped five black heads, with five..mouths stretched agape.

2009 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 28 Apr. (Epicure section) 3 Plenty of mouths were left agape by the retrenchment of Bistro Guillaume's head chef.

B. adj.

Wide open, gaping; esp. (of a person) having the mouth wide open with astonishment, anticipation, wonder, or incomprehension. Only in predicative use.

ΚΠ

1779 H. Downman Lucius Junius Brutus iv. iii. 103 Riotous associates, who agape..grin applause To the rank act of lust.

1802 S. T. Coleridge Let. 19 Sept. (1956) II. 868 It [sc. Barrow House] will go at an extravagant Fancy Price—I know myself three people agape for it.

1841 T. Hood Tale of Trumpet iii, in New Monthly Mag. Sept. 159 At a door ajar, or a window agape.

1848 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy Past & Present I. Pref. p. xxii The Italians are wild with excitement; agape with breathless expectation.

1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud x. ii, in Maud & Other Poems 37 A rabbit mouth that is ever agape.

1924 Amer. Mercury Nov. 263/1 So completely agape before the greatest figure in world history.

2011 Independent on Sunday 17 Apr. 49/2 Mr Bekker was minding his own business sunbathing when little Georgie..came straight at him, jaws agape.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	agape
释义	agapen. Brit. /ˈaɡəpeɪ/, /ˈaɡəpiː/, U.S. /ɑˈɡɑˌpeɪ/, /ˈɑɡəˌpeɪ/ Inflections: Plural agapae, agapes, (rare) agapai, (rare) unchanged. Forms: 1500s– agape, 1800s agapè. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin agape; Greek ἀγάπη. Etymology: < (i) post-classical Latin agape love, charity, communal meal held in the early church (late 2nd cent. in Tertullian), alms (5th cent.), and its etymon (ii) Hellenistic Greek ἀγάπη love, charity, communal meal held in the early church, in Byzantine Greek also alms < ancient Greek ἀγαπᾶν to love, of unknown origin. Compare Middle French, French agape communal meal held in the early church (1574). Christian Church. 1. Also with capital initial. a. The communal religious meal believed to have been held in the early Church in close relation to the Eucharist; = love-feast n. 1a. historical. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > [noun] > Christian love > love feast held by the early Christians agape1536 society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > kinds of rite > early Christian > [noun] agape1536 love-feast1573 1536 R. Taverner tr. P. Melanchthon Apol. sig. U.v, in Confessyon Fayth Germaynes A parte was taken to be consecrate. The rest was distributed to ye poore... And by reason of suche collations, it appereth also y^t the masse otherwhyles is called Agape (that is to say) a charitie. 1567 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. Ep. Ded. sig. Qqqvii Churche Feastes, (whiche in olde time were called Agapae). 1607 R. Parker Scholasticall Disc. against Antichrist i. ii. 70 The Christians had their Agapæ at communions. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Agapæ, in Church History, Love-Feasts; a Name given to certain Festivals, celebrated in the antient Greek Church. 1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity II. vi. i. 16 Of these offerings..part also was eaten..in what they called their Agapes, or love feasts. 1838 W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. II. Contents p. ix The Agapai, or Love Feasts of the early Christians. 1908 Encycl. Relig. & Ethics I. 172/1 In the references to this custom in Tertullian and Cyprian, the Eucharist alone is explicitly mentioned; but probably an Agape is intended as well. 2010 D. Macey tr. J.-C. Kaufmann Meaning of Cooking ii. iv. 132 (note) Agapes were banquets in which the tables groaned with food... When the Eucharist took on a symbolic value, they were banned. b. In extended use: any of various Christian rituals or communal meals modelled on this, (now esp.) a parochial feast at a festival time.In the 18th cent. in the Moravian and Methodist Churches: a religious service comprising a simple meal; = love-feast n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > ritual meal Easter supper1548 agape1784 society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > kinds of rite > Christian meal > [noun] agape1784 1784 H. Adams Alphabet. Compend. Var. Sects 123 When the [Moravian] brethren perceive that the zeal of the society is declining, their devotion is revived by celebrating agapes, or love-feasts. 1826 E. Henderson Biblical Res. & Trav. in Russia vi. 158 He [sc. the Bishop] could not express the pleasure it gave him to be able to celebrate an agapè on the present occasion. 1861 J. A. Hessey Sunday Index 509 Definition of an Agape from the Wesleyan Catechism. 1920 A. Huxley Limbo 77 There is a large upper chamber reserved for agapes. 1968 Listener 25 July 103/1 They prayed all night in Uppsala's great Gothic cathedral,..and, towards dawn, held an agape. 2003 Press Enterprise (Riverside, Ca.) (Nexis) 26 Apr. b4 At noon Sunday, St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church will hold an ‘Agape’. 2. Theology. Christian love, as distinct from erotic love or simple affection; charity. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > [noun] > Christian love agape1727 the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [noun] > love loveOE charityc1175 paramourc1390 loving kindness1535 philanthropy1631 agape1727 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Agape, love. 1856 H. G. M. Lascelles Compensation I. x. 88 Mr. Grant was..animated by real charity, or love, the ‘Agape’—so rare to find—of which she had read and admired the true meaning in her Greek testament. 1950 W. H. Auden Enchafèd Flood (1951) iii. 100 He exhibits Christian forgiveness and Christian agape without the slightest effort. 2005 Church Times 5 Aug. 9/1 Christians commonly trot out a simplistic distinction between a love that is selfless and caring—agape—and that which is apparently self-seeking and appetitive—eros. Compounds General attributive (in sense 1), as agape meal, agape supper, etc.; (in sense 2) as agape love. ΚΠ 1880 P. Schaff Pop. Comm. New Test. II. 472/2 The ‘breaking of bread’ in the Holy Communion followed, at this early period of the Church's history, the ‘Agape’ meal. 1903 Amer. Jrnl. Theol. 7 607 He refers, Batiffol contends, not to the agape supper, but to the eucharist assembly. 1950 P. Ramsey Basic Christian Ethics 115 The difference..between Agape-love which seeks not its own and erotic love which seeks its own [satisfaction]. 1991 D. Means Quick Kiss for Redempt. 153 After preaching the second service, and attending the agape brunch with the members, no one at the church expected him to hang around. 2010 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 28 Oct. 24/4 Carter..got up..and in a preacherly singsong droned on and on about ‘agape love’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). agapeadv.adj. Brit. /əˈɡeɪp/, U.S. /əˈɡeɪp/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: a- prefix³, gape v. Etymology: < a- prefix³ + gape v. A. adv. So as to be gaping or wide open; in a gaping fashion; spec. with the mouth open in an attitude or state of astonishment, anticipation, wonder, or incomprehension. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [adverb] > accompanied by wonder agape1667 breathlessly1797 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > [adverb] wonderfullya1500 wonderingly1556 amazedly1561 astonishedly1612 agape1667 fascinatedly1848 marvellingly1871 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [adverb] > open gapingly?1571 full-moutha1605 agape1667 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 357 Thir rich Retinue..Dazles the croud, and sets them all agape . View more context for this quotation a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. i. 189 When the Moon interposes between us and the Sun so as to cover his whole Body, it sets every eye agape. 1846 E. Robinson Cæsar Borgia II. ii. 27 ‘Who art thou?’ gasped the friar, after staring agape for several moments. 1866 G. A. Townsend Campaigns Non-combatant xi. 117 As all looked agape, the air-craft..plunged. 1908 H. K. Job Sport of Bird-study ix. 141 Up popped five black heads, with five..mouths stretched agape. 2009 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 28 Apr. (Epicure section) 3 Plenty of mouths were left agape by the retrenchment of Bistro Guillaume's head chef. B. adj. Wide open, gaping; esp. (of a person) having the mouth wide open with astonishment, anticipation, wonder, or incomprehension. Only in predicative use. ΚΠ 1779 H. Downman Lucius Junius Brutus iv. iii. 103 Riotous associates, who agape..grin applause To the rank act of lust. 1802 S. T. Coleridge Let. 19 Sept. (1956) II. 868 It [sc. Barrow House] will go at an extravagant Fancy Price—I know myself three people agape for it. 1841 T. Hood Tale of Trumpet iii, in New Monthly Mag. Sept. 159 At a door ajar, or a window agape. 1848 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy Past & Present I. Pref. p. xxii The Italians are wild with excitement; agape with breathless expectation. 1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud x. ii, in Maud & Other Poems 37 A rabbit mouth that is ever agape. 1924 Amer. Mercury Nov. 263/1 So completely agape before the greatest figure in world history. 2011 Independent on Sunday 17 Apr. 49/2 Mr Bekker was minding his own business sunbathing when little Georgie..came straight at him, jaws agape. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1536adv.adj.1667
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