1A feast in token of fellowship among early Christians; an agape.
〈史〉（早期基督教徒作为友爱象征而共进的）爱筵
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Eventually the love feasts were discontinued and observance of the Lord's Supper became more formal and involved.
And of course the love feasts at the pagan temple, as with those the Christian churches practiced, were proper meals.
Artifacts, pictures, and descriptive material about the love feast will be featured in this extensive exhibit.
It may be that on the occasions they celebrated the Lord's Supper they also had something called a love feast, which would be something like a fellowship dinner.
Churches began celebrating the Eucharist in the morning and hosting the love feast in the evening.
1.1A religious service or gathering imitating a love feast, especially among early Methodists.
（尤指早期卫理公会教徒模仿爱筵作为宗教仪式或宗教聚会的）爱席
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The love feast was quite different from other religious practices of the day.
We could even recover the love feast from the early church and really start to see eating together as part of our discipleship.
Potluck suppers, soup kitchens, Anabaptist love feasts, fasts to protest war, and youth group pizza parties - all are specific social forms that arose within their own cultural settings as Christians ate together.
Its class meetings, love feasts, and camp meetings were major engines of revivalism.
Definition of love feast in US English:
love feast
nounˈləv ˌfēst
historical
1A feast in token of fellowship among early Christians; an agape.
〈史〉（早期基督教徒作为友爱象征而共进的）爱筵
Example sentencesExamples
Churches began celebrating the Eucharist in the morning and hosting the love feast in the evening.
And of course the love feasts at the pagan temple, as with those the Christian churches practiced, were proper meals.
Eventually the love feasts were discontinued and observance of the Lord's Supper became more formal and involved.
Artifacts, pictures, and descriptive material about the love feast will be featured in this extensive exhibit.
It may be that on the occasions they celebrated the Lord's Supper they also had something called a love feast, which would be something like a fellowship dinner.
1.1A religious service or gathering imitating this, especially among early Methodists.
（尤指早期卫理公会教徒模仿爱筵作为宗教仪式或宗教聚会的）爱席
Example sentencesExamples
We could even recover the love feast from the early church and really start to see eating together as part of our discipleship.
Potluck suppers, soup kitchens, Anabaptist love feasts, fasts to protest war, and youth group pizza parties - all are specific social forms that arose within their own cultural settings as Christians ate together.
The love feast was quite different from other religious practices of the day.
Its class meetings, love feasts, and camp meetings were major engines of revivalism.