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agape
noun
1 agape
Christian theology The love of God or Christ for mankind.
Roget 998:
rite;
ceremony,
ritual,
liturgy,
ceremonial;
ordinance,
observance,
function,
duty;
form,
formulary;
solemnity,
sacrament;
incantation
etc.
(spell)
993;
service,
psalmody
etc.
(worship)
990.
ministration;
preaching,
preachment;
predication,
sermon,
homily,
lecture,
discourse,
pastoral.
[Christian ritual for induction into the faith]
baptism,
christening,
chrism;
circumcision;
baptismal regeneration;
font.
confirmation;
imposition of hands,
laying on of hands;
ordination
etc.
(churchdom)
995;
excommunication.
[Jewish rituals]
Bar Mitzvah,
Bas Mitzvah [Fr.],
Bris.
Eucharist,
Lord's supper,
communion;
the sacrament,
the holy sacrament;
celebration,
high celebration;
missa cantata [Lat.];
asperges†;
offertory;
introit;
consecration;
consubstantiation,
transubstantiation;
real presence;
elements;
mass;
high mass,
low mass,
dry mass.
matrimony
etc.
903;
burial
etc.
363;
visitation of the sick.
seven sacraments,
impanation†,
subpanation†,
extreme unction,
viaticum,
invocation of saints,
canonization,
transfiguration,
auricular confession;
maceration,
flagellation,
sackcloth and ashes;
penance
etc.
(atonement)
952;
telling of beads,
processional;
thurification†,
incense,
holy water,
aspersion.
relics,
rosary,
beads,
reliquary,
host,
cross,
rood,
crucifix,
pax [Lat.],
pyx,
agnus Dei [Lat.],
censer,
thurible,
patera†;
eileton†,
Holy Grail;
prayer machine,
prayer wheel;
Sangraal†,
urceus†.
ritualism,
ceremonialism;
sabbatism†,
sabbatarianism†;
ritualist,
sabbatarian†.
holyday,
feast,
fast.
[Christian holy days]
Sabbath,
Pentecost;
Advent,
Christmas,
Epiphany;
Lent;
Passion week,
Holy week;
Easter,
Easter Sunday,
Whitsuntide;
agape,
Ascension Day,
Candlemas†,
Ash Wednesday,
Good Friday,
Holy Thursday;
Lammas,
Martinmas,
Michaelmas;
All SAint's DAy,
All Souls' Day.
[Moslem holy days]
Ramadan,
Ramazan;
Bairam
&c..
etc.
[Jewish holy days]
Passover;
Shabuoth;
Yom Kippur,
Day of Atonement;
Rosh Hashana,
New Year;
Hanukkah,
Chanukkah,
Feast of Lights;
Purim,
Feast of lots.
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2 agape
Selfless love of one person for another without sexual implications (especially love that is spiritual in nature).
synonym: agape love.
Polish: miłość
3 agape
A religious meal shared as a sign of love and fellowship.
synonym: love feast.
adjective
1 agape
With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe:
— We stood there agape with wonder.
— With mouth agape.
synonym: gaping.
Roget 870:
surprised
etc.
v.;
aghast,
all agog,
breathless,
agape;
open-mouthed;
awestruck,
thunderstruck,
moonstruck,
planet-struck;
spellbound;
lost in amazement,
lost in wonder,
lost in astonishment;
struck all of a heap,
unable to believe one's senses,
like a duck ion thunder.
wonderful,
wondrous;
surprising
etc.
v.;
unexpected
etc.
508;
unheard of;
mysterious
etc.
(inexplicable)
519;
miraculous.
indescribable,
inexpressible,
inaffable†;
unutterable,
unspeakable.
monstrous,
prodigious,
stupendous,
marvelous;
inconceivable,
incredible;
inimaginable†,
unimaginable;
strange
etc.
(uncommon)
83;
passing strange.
striking
etc.
v.;
overwhelming;
wonder-working.
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Roget 455:
curious,
inquisitive,
burning with curiosity,
overcurious;
inquiring
etc.
461;
prying,
snoopy,
nosy,
peering;
prurient;
inquisitorial,
inquisitory†;
curious as a cat;
agape
etc.
(expectant)
507.
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Roget 507:
expectant;
expecting
etc.
v.;
in expectation
etc.
n.;
on the watch
etc.
(vigilant)
459;
open-eyed,
open-mouthed,
in wide-eyed anticipation;
agape,
gaping,
all agog;
on tenterhooks,
on tiptoe,
on the tiptoe of expectation;
aux aguets†;
ready;
curious
etc.
455;
looking forward to.
expected
etc.
v.;
long expected,
foreseen;
in prospect
etc.
n.;
prospective;
in one's eye,
in one's view,
in the horizon,
on the horizon,
just over the horizon,
just around the corner,
around the corner;
impending
etc.
(destiny)
152.
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