Agapemone
/ˌaɡəˈpiːməni/ /ˌaɡəˈpiːm(ə)ni/ /ˌaɡəˈpɛməni/noun
1Chiefly with the. The headquarters of the religious sect founded by the Rev. Henry James Prince (1811–99) at Spaxton in Somerset in the mid 19th cent., or a similar establishment run by his successor, the Rev. John Hugh Smyth-Pigott (1852–1927), at Clapton, London; = Abode of Love. Now historical.
- Both centres were associated with practice free love and polygamy; Prince's sexual behaviour in particular gave rise to a scandal and trial in the early 1860s when his licentiousness and that of his followers was condemned..
2 Generally. A community characterized by love, an ‘abode of love’; (in extended use) an occasion or situation characterized by the sharing of communal love or the practice of free love.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in The Times. Irregularly from Hellenistic Greek ἀγάπη love + μονή dwelling, abode.
- make one's mark
- make (one's) peace
- make one's point
- make one's presence felt
- make one's way
- make or break
- make (or kick up) a row
- make (or lose or spend) money hand over fist
- make (or open) a book
- make (or pull) a face (or faces)
- make (or put in) an appearance
- make out
- makeover
- make play with
- maker
- make ready
- maker's mark
- makerspace
- maker-up
- maker-upper
- make sail
- make sense
- make sense of
- make sheep's eyes at someone
- make shift