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German
Etymology
Liebe + -s- + Mahl
Noun
Liebesmahl n (strong, genitive Liebesmahles or Liebesmahls, plural Liebesmahle or Liebesmähler)
- (historical) love feast (symbolic communal meal held by early Christians)
- Synonym: Agape
- (archaic, military) officers' meal
1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 2, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 263:Er berichtete von kleinen Verdrießlichkeiten und Genugtuungen des Dienstes, von glänzend-wohliger Kameradschaft, von der verschmitzten Treue seines Burschen, komischen Zwischenfällen beim Exerzieren und in der Instruktionsstunde, von Besichtigungen und Liebesmahlen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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