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Definition of agape 2 noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

agape2

noun

/ˈæɡəpi/

/ˈæɡəpi/

[uncountable] (religion)

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Christian love rather than sexual or romantic love
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Greek agapē ‘brotherly love’.

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