A family or group (in historical or religious contexts) of women practicing agapetae; the organized collective of these spiritual communities.
From 'agapeti' or 'agapetae' with the suffix '-dae,' which is used in taxonomy and classification to denote family groupings.
The '-dae' suffix appears in animal taxonomy (like Hominidae for humans), showing how scholars borrowed scientific classification language to organize historical religious groups!
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