Agapemoniten.adj.
/ˌaɡəˈpiːmənʌɪt/, /ˌaɡəˈpɛmənʌɪt/, U.S. /ˌæɡəˈpɛməˌnaɪt/ A. n.
A member of the Agapemone sect or community (see Agapemone n. 1); = Princeite n.
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1849 London Med. Gaz. 21 Dec. 1062/2 If it were not so, besides locking up the whole body of Agapemonites,..we are bound to confine as insane the disciples of Swedenborg and Irving.
1850 Daily News 22 Mar. The Agapemonites.—It is said that there is a general split amongst this deluded sect at their abode near Bridgewater.
1908 Daily Chron. 24 Sept. 1/1 The Agapemonites are extremely reticent about their peculiar religion.
1997 Times 6 Feb. 3/2 Arriving in Somerset, he [sc. John Smyth-Pigott] found the charms of the original ‘Agapemonites’ were fading, so he kicked them out and recruited fresh talent.
2009 H. Mallalieu 1066 & Rather More 158 This fringe of London has always been good sect country, and the Agapemonites were among the more colourful.
B. adj.
Of or relating to the Agapemone (see Agapemone n. 1), or to the religious communities established there.
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1859 Sat. Rev. 30 Apr. 527/2 A carriage-full of Brothers and Sisters in Love singing the Agapemonite Psalter.
1927 Notes & Queries 8 Jan. 28/1 Agapemonite Baptism.—Can any reader inform me what form of baptismal service was used by the Agapemonite Sect, and the details thereof?
1993 Proc. Dorset Nat. Hist. & Archaeol. Soc. 114 17/2 He was buried at Spaxton, in the Agapemone garden.
2008 Time Out (Nexis) 2 Jan. 10 The deeply strange Agapemonite Church in Clapton lay abandoned for another 30 years.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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