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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

愛餐

Pronunciation / Transliteration: aisan

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Fellowship-meal/ˈfɛl.oʊ.ʃɪp.miːl/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"礼拝の後に教会で愛餐会が開かれました。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A social meal shared by members of a religious congregation or community to foster mutual support, relationship-building, and solidarity.

    "The church hosts a monthly fellowship-meal after Sunday services to welcome newcomers and strengthen community ties."
  2. 2

    Any shared dining gathering intended to promote camaraderie and interpersonal connection among a specific group.

    "They organized a neighborhood fellowship-meal to discuss local initiatives over potluck dishes."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'fellowship', originating from Old English 'feolagscipe' (partnership, company), and 'meal', from Old English 'mæl' (fixed time, repast). Historically rooted in early Christian traditions such as the agape feast, it evolved to describe communal gatherings centered around sharing food and spiritual or social bonding.

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