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Love feast   /ləv fist/   Listen
Love feast

noun
1.
A social gathering intended to create goodwill among the participants.
2.
A religious meal shared as a sign of love and fellowship.  Synonym: agape.





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"Love feast" Quotes from Famous Books



... indeed we find In the far depth upon the table spread A sudden, strong, and glaring light is shed, Striking upon the goldsmith's burnished works, And on the pheasants killed by traitor hawks. Loaded the table is with viands cold, Ewers and flagons, all enough of old To make a love feast. All the napery Was Friesland's famous make; and fair to see The dishes, silver-gilt and bordered round With flowers; for fruit, here strawberries were found And citrons, apples too, and nectarines. ...
— Poems • Victor Hugo
... was not occupied by its regular pastor, Brother Johnson. Instead, a traveling minister, collecting funds for a church orphanage in Memphis, was the speaker for the day. Miss Minerva rarely missed a service in her own church. She was always on hand at the Love Feast and the Missionary Rally and gave liberally of her means to every cause. She was sitting in her own pew between Billy and Jimmy, Mr. and Mrs. Garner having remained at home. Across the aisle from her sat Frances Black, between her father and mother; ...
— Miss Minerva and William Green Hill • Frances Boyd Calhoun


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