love feast

English

Etymology

love +‎ feast

Noun

love feast (plural love feasts)

A symbolic meal eaten to celebrate brotherly love, particularly one practiced by early Christians celebrating agape.
A banquet or gathering to promote goodwill among the participants.

References

Agape feast on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

“love feast” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
“love feast” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

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