love-feastn.

Brit.

/ˈlʌvfiːst/, U.S.

/ˈləvˌfist/

Forms: see love n.¹ and feast n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; partly modelled on a Latin lexical item, and partly modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymons: love n.¹, feast n.

Etymology: < love n.¹ + feast n., after post-classical Latin agape and its etymon Hellenistic Greek ἀγάπη agape n.

1. Christian Church.

a. With reference to the early Christians: a communal meal held, originally in association with the Eucharist, as a token of fellowship; = agape n. 1. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

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

agape1536

love-feast1573

1573 T. Cartwright Replye to Answere Whitgifte 60 The loue feastes (whyche were kepte at the administration of the Lordes supper and were meanes to nourishe loue amongst the churches).

1625 T. Godwin Moses & Aaron i. v. 23 Their lovefeasts,..now antiquated throvghout Christendome.

1684 A. Horneck Delight & Judgment 149 The Love-Feasts, the Primitive Christians used, St. Jude approves of.

1737 D. Waterland Rev. Doctr. Eucharist 29 In the Apostolical Times, the Love-Feast and the Eucharist, tho' distinct, went together.

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. iii. v. 189 The Agapai, or love-feasts of the early Christians.

1881 Bible (R.V.) 2 Pet. ii. 13 Revelling in their love-feasts while they feast with you.

1902 Expositor Aug. 126 In 2 Peter the feasts are Christian love-feasts.

1936 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 40 358/1 The table of offerings is found in Early Christian times, when love-feasts in honor of the dead, especially of saints and martyrs, were held.

1975 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Amer. 8 June 80/1 It would not stretch the imagination too much to say that today's Communion breakfasts are a vestige of the old agape—the love-feast.

2001 Representations No. 73. 27 Faustus [the Manichee] had labelled Christianity a mere schism of Paganism because Christians held love-feasts instead of sacrifices and prayed to martyrs instead of idols.

b. In the Moravian and Methodist Churches, and among some other Christian groups: a religious service or gathering characterized by the partaking of a simple meal (often only of bread and water), held in imitation of the practice of the early church.

ΘΚΠ

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

love-feast1645

1645 R. Baillie Dissuasive from Errours of Time 30 They count it lawful to joyn with the Lords Table Love-feasts.

1738 J. Wesley Jrnl. 1 May (1988) I. 236 That on the Sunday sennight following be a general love-feast.

1761 J. Wesley Jrnl. 19 July (1767) 85 The very design of a Love-feast is a free and familiar conversation.

1807 Salmagundi 25 Apr. 165 She..was frequent in her attendance at love-feasts.

1869 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 476 A Moravian Church at Lancaster. Here, according to custom, a love-feast was held recently, when a cup of coffee and a rusk (sweet biscuit) were handed to each person present.

1882 19th Cent. Nov. 740 They who turn aside to attend a Ranters' Love-feast..must be wrong in the head.

1909 F. B. Calhoun Miss Minerva 96 She was always on hand at the Love Feast and the Missionary Rally.

1922 G. Edwards From Crow-scaring to Westminster iii. 35 One form of [Primitive Methodist] service was called a ‘love-feast’ at which small pieces of bread were taken round with water.

1950 F. Klees Pennsylvania Dutch i. vi. 101 The love feast..was a term used loosely by the Moravians to describe informal gatherings with light refreshments. It was partly devotional in character and partly social.

1994 A. Kellett Yorks. Dict. 105/2 The Lovefeast was a tradition borrowed by John Wesley from the Moravians. Members gathered for a time of fellowship, prayer and spiritual encouragement, centred on a symbolic communal meal of cake, with water.

2. figurative and in extended use (now chiefly North American). Any meal, meeting, or other gathering that fosters fellowship or goodwill between the participants. Frequently in a political context.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > social gathering > [noun] > others

aleOE

carola1300

dinnerc1425

love-feast1622

family party1735

aleingc1736

street meeting1820

sausage party1848

church social1862

funfest1904

mixer1916

love-in1967

potlatch1974

raft-up1977

crafternoon1978

geekfest1987

1622 T. Scott Belgicke Pismire 80 These their meetings seeme meerely to be loue-feastes, and to be made more for societie and neighbourhood, then for the delicacie of the Cates.

1639 in Trans. Shropshire Archaeol. Soc. (1895) 7 203 The parson of the said parish for the tyme beinge hath yearely upon Easter day feasted all the parishioners..wth a love-feast.

1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 239 The love-feasts that had wont to be between their Prince and them, though he made them still, and called them to them, yet they neglected to come at them.

?1750 in A. Pennecuik Compl. Coll. Poems i. 35 Poor Students found him generous and kind, On his Love-feasts they very often din'd.

1876 Solano Republican (Suisun, Calif.) 24 Aug. 2/1 A regular old-fashioned Democratic love-feast was engaged in by the many-scarred war-horses of the party.

1893 Nation (N.Y.) 19 Jan. 44/1 On the evening of inauguration day the Populists held a ‘love-feast’.

1904 News & Courier (Charleston, S. Carolina) 1 Sept. 4 There will be a great Democratic love feast in which a thousand Democratic editors will take part.

1943 K. Tennant Ride on Stranger iii. 28 Aunt Edith beamed over the love-feast.

1948 Minneapolis Star 17 Sept. 1/3 Senator Joseph H. Ball and Gov. Luther Youngdahl had a sort of love feast at the capitol Thursday.

1999 Callaloo 22 765 While the reception was not exactly a love feast, it was most certainly a communal celebration, and a celebration of community.

Derivatives

ˈlove-feaster n. rare a person who participates in a love-feast.

ΘΚΠ

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

love-feaster1751

1751 G. Lavington Enthusiasm Methodists & Papists: Pt. III 196 She was the Mother of the Agapetæ, or Love-Feasters.

1904 Greenville (Mississippi) Daily Democrat 22 Jan. Those Republican love feasters are to entertain Mr. Roosevelt at Jackson, Mich.

1995 C. Binfield in H. Mcleod European Relig. in Age of Great Cities vii. 205 Park Wesleyan Chapel, whose love-feasters have already been glimpsed, had begun in 1831 as a suburban cause.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	love-feast
释义	love-feastn. Brit. /ˈlʌvfiːst/, U.S. /ˈləvˌfist/ Forms: see love n.¹ and feast n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; partly modelled on a Latin lexical item, and partly modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymons: love n.¹, feast n. Etymology: < love n.¹ + feast n., after post-classical Latin agape and its etymon Hellenistic Greek ἀγάπη agape n. 1. Christian Church. a. With reference to the early Christians: a communal meal held, originally in association with the Eucharist, as a token of fellowship; = agape n. 1. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > kinds of rite > early Christian > [noun] agape1536 love-feast1573 1573 T. Cartwright Replye to Answere Whitgifte 60 The loue feastes (whyche were kepte at the administration of the Lordes supper and were meanes to nourishe loue amongst the churches). 1625 T. Godwin Moses & Aaron i. v. 23 Their lovefeasts,..now antiquated throvghout Christendome. 1684 A. Horneck Delight & Judgment 149 The Love-Feasts, the Primitive Christians used, St. Jude approves of. 1737 D. Waterland Rev. Doctr. Eucharist 29 In the Apostolical Times, the Love-Feast and the Eucharist, tho' distinct, went together. 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. iii. v. 189 The Agapai, or love-feasts of the early Christians. 1881 Bible (R.V.) 2 Pet. ii. 13 Revelling in their love-feasts while they feast with you. 1902 Expositor Aug. 126 In 2 Peter the feasts are Christian love-feasts. 1936 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 40 358/1 The table of offerings is found in Early Christian times, when love-feasts in honor of the dead, especially of saints and martyrs, were held. 1975 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Amer. 8 June 80/1 It would not stretch the imagination too much to say that today's Communion breakfasts are a vestige of the old agape—the love-feast. 2001 Representations No. 73. 27 Faustus [the Manichee] had labelled Christianity a mere schism of Paganism because Christians held love-feasts instead of sacrifices and prayed to martyrs instead of idols. b. In the Moravian and Methodist Churches, and among some other Christian groups: a religious service or gathering characterized by the partaking of a simple meal (often only of bread and water), held in imitation of the practice of the early church. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > kinds of rite > early Christian > [noun] > Methodist version love-feast1645 1645 R. Baillie Dissuasive from Errours of Time 30 They count it lawful to joyn with the Lords Table Love-feasts. 1738 J. Wesley Jrnl. 1 May (1988) I. 236 That on the Sunday sennight following be a general love-feast. 1761 J. Wesley Jrnl. 19 July (1767) 85 The very design of a Love-feast is a free and familiar conversation. 1807 Salmagundi 25 Apr. 165 She..was frequent in her attendance at love-feasts. 1869 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 476 A Moravian Church at Lancaster. Here, according to custom, a love-feast was held recently, when a cup of coffee and a rusk (sweet biscuit) were handed to each person present. 1882 19th Cent. Nov. 740 They who turn aside to attend a Ranters' Love-feast..must be wrong in the head. 1909 F. B. Calhoun Miss Minerva 96 She was always on hand at the Love Feast and the Missionary Rally. 1922 G. Edwards From Crow-scaring to Westminster iii. 35 One form of [Primitive Methodist] service was called a ‘love-feast’ at which small pieces of bread were taken round with water. 1950 F. Klees Pennsylvania Dutch i. vi. 101 The love feast..was a term used loosely by the Moravians to describe informal gatherings with light refreshments. It was partly devotional in character and partly social. 1994 A. Kellett Yorks. Dict. 105/2 The Lovefeast was a tradition borrowed by John Wesley from the Moravians. Members gathered for a time of fellowship, prayer and spiritual encouragement, centred on a symbolic communal meal of cake, with water. 2. figurative and in extended use (now chiefly North American). Any meal, meeting, or other gathering that fosters fellowship or goodwill between the participants. Frequently in a political context. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > social gathering > [noun] > others aleOE carola1300 dinnerc1425 love-feast1622 family party1735 aleingc1736 street meeting1820 sausage party1848 church social1862 funfest1904 mixer1916 love-in1967 potlatch1974 raft-up1977 crafternoon1978 geekfest1987 1622 T. Scott Belgicke Pismire 80 These their meetings seeme meerely to be loue-feastes, and to be made more for societie and neighbourhood, then for the delicacie of the Cates. 1639 in Trans. Shropshire Archaeol. Soc. (1895) 7 203 The parson of the said parish for the tyme beinge hath yearely upon Easter day feasted all the parishioners..wth a love-feast. 1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 239 The love-feasts that had wont to be between their Prince and them, though he made them still, and called them to them, yet they neglected to come at them. View more context for this quotation ?1750 in A. Pennecuik Compl. Coll. Poems i. 35 Poor Students found him generous and kind, On his Love-feasts they very often din'd. 1876 Solano Republican (Suisun, Calif.) 24 Aug. 2/1 A regular old-fashioned Democratic love-feast was engaged in by the many-scarred war-horses of the party. 1893 Nation (N.Y.) 19 Jan. 44/1 On the evening of inauguration day the Populists held a ‘love-feast’. 1904 News & Courier (Charleston, S. Carolina) 1 Sept. 4 There will be a great Democratic love feast in which a thousand Democratic editors will take part. 1943 K. Tennant Ride on Stranger iii. 28 Aunt Edith beamed over the love-feast. 1948 Minneapolis Star 17 Sept. 1/3 Senator Joseph H. Ball and Gov. Luther Youngdahl had a sort of love feast at the capitol Thursday. 1999 Callaloo 22 765 While the reception was not exactly a love feast, it was most certainly a communal celebration, and a celebration of community. Derivatives ˈlove-feaster n. rare a person who participates in a love-feast. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > kinds of rite > early Christian > [noun] > participant in love-feaster1751 1751 G. Lavington Enthusiasm Methodists & Papists: Pt. III 196 She was the Mother of the Agapetæ, or Love-Feasters. 1904 Greenville (Mississippi) Daily Democrat 22 Jan. Those Republican love feasters are to entertain Mr. Roosevelt at Jackson, Mich. 1995 C. Binfield in H. Mcleod European Relig. in Age of Great Cities vii. 205 Park Wesleyan Chapel, whose love-feasters have already been glimpsed, had begun in 1831 as a suburban cause. 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