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Agapetae
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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(Greek: agapetai, beloved).
(1) In the 1century, virgins consecrated to God by a vow of chastity, but so closely associated with laymen that abuses occurred which the Council of Ancyra (314) condemned.
(2) Branch of the Gnostics (395).
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Entry for 'Agapetae'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​a/agapetae.html. 1910.
Entry for 'Agapetae'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​a/agapetae.html. 1910.