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Definition of "brotherly love" []

  • Agape. (noun)
  • A kindly and lenient attitude towards others. (noun)

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Use "brotherly love" in a sentence
  • "It was the band of the Benefit Club, which had mustered in all its glory — that is to say, in bright-blue scarfs and blue favours, and carrying its banner with the motto, “Let brotherly love continue,” encircling a picture of a stone-pit."
  • "Denominationalism will bore him, but the vital element of religion, brotherly love and helping the other fellow, will attract him, wherever he finds it."
  • "In this incident we have a beautiful and touching illustration of the strength and warmth of brotherly love and of the knightly bearing of the Lees of Virginia."