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US
/əˈɡeɪp/
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NOUN
- (Christian theology) the love of God or Christ for mankind
- selfless love of one person for another without sexual implications (especially love that is spiritual in nature)
- a religious meal shared as a sign of love and fellowship
ADJECTIVE
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with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe
with mouth agape
we stood there agape with wonder
the gaping audience
How To Use agape In A Sentence
- We followed him into the house, trying not to look too much like tourists with our mouths agape.
- He may, notwithstanding, as has been recently shown in the famous Agapemone case, keep her under restraint, to prevent her leaving him, provided this be effected without cruelty. The Book of Household Management
- we stood there agape with wonder
- What a privilege to break the fast with an agape meal a love feast!
- Jesus' new commandment is that his followers practice love, agape.
- Agape laid in d' Armano's arms, uncaring of the surroundings, his bare feet falling down into my lap.
- At the NYFF press screening, mouths were agape, eyes entranced during this sequence – and with good reason, as it's fun, end-of-the-world-movie stuff: the slo-mo planetary crash also evokes a pupilary explosion, making for a macro-micro meditation, as well as a kind of update to Michael Vazquez: 2011's Doomsday Cinema, Part I: Melancholia @ 49th NYFF plus Gainsbourg on Von Trier & Lars' NYFF 47 Press Conference (VIDEO)
- Christ is agape; self - giving, nonresistant love.
- Like most other things, the "Agapemone" wickedness, which has recently disgusted all decent people, does not appear to be a new thing by any means. Notes and Queries, Number 32, June 8, 1850
- So you've got to get an enormous charge out of watching the audience with their mouths agape.