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Agapemone

UK/aɡəˈpiːm(ə)ni/

Agapemone proper noun: the base of a religious sect established in Sussex by the Rev. Henry James Prince in the mid-19th century, or a successor establishment in London, which were associated with free love and polygamy.

Proper noun

Agapemone

  1. (historical) The base of a religious sect established in Sussex by the Rev. Henry James Prince in the mid-19th century, or a successor establishment in London, which were associated with free love and polygamy.
    • Four Nottidge sisters fell under the sway of the Agapemone cult, and lived in a commune whose megalomaniac leader forced them to marry his henchmen but forbade consummation of these unions: arguably, they did need rescuing.2012, Gillian Tindall, “The Alleged Lunatics' Friend Society”, in Literary Review, section 403

Noun

Agapemone

  1. Any community characterised by mutual love or free love.
    • This whole war was an agapemone…. You went to war when you desired to rape innumerable women. It was what war was for…. All these men, crowded in this narrow space….1925, Ford Madox Ford, No More Parades (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 397

Origin of Agapemone

Irregular formation from Hellenistic Ancient Greek ἀγάπη (agápē, “love”) and μονή (monḗ, “abode”).

Words formed from Agapemone

Questions about Agapemone

What does Agapemone mean?
Agapemone means the base of a religious sect established in Sussex by the Rev. Henry James Prince in the mid-19th century, or a successor establishment in London, which were associated with free love and polygamy.
What part of speech is Agapemone?
Agapemone can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Agapemone?
Agapemone is pronounced /aɡəˈpiːm(ə)ni/ (UK).

Words near Agapemone in the dictionary

  1. agapeic
  2. agapeism
  3. agapeist
  4. agapeistic
  5. agapeists
  6. Agapemone
  7. Agapemonian
  8. Agapemonians
  9. Agapemonist
  10. Agapemonists
  11. Agapemonite

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