agapetae
plural noun
aga·pe·tae
ˌä-gə-ˈpā-ˌtī,
ˌa-gə-;
ˌa-gə-ˈpē-ˌtē
: women of the early church who lived under a vow of chastity in the same house with men bound to strict celibacy
Word History
Etymology
Late Latin, from Late Greek agapētai, plural of agapētē, from Greek, feminine of agapētos beloved, desirable, to be acquiesced in, from agapan to welcome, love
First Known Use
circa 1823, in the meaning defined above
- bank bill
- bank call
- bank card
- bank commissioner
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- bank debit
- bank deposit
- bank deposit insurance
- bank discount
- bank draft
- bank engine
- bank examiner
- bank fish
- bank gravel
- bank guarantee
- bank guaranty
- bank head
- bank holiday
- bank indicator
- bank kiln
- bank letter
- bank line
- bank loan
- bank machine
- bank martin