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n. 1 agape. 2 A kindly and lenient attitude towards others.
WordNet
n. a kindly and lenient attitude toward people [syn: charity]
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Brotherly Love is a 1999 sitcom starring Gregor Fisher and James Fleet. The show was made in Scotland and similar to Last of the Summer Wine.
Recently, it has been aired in the United States on various PBS stations as part of 'One Season Wonders.'
Brotherly love may refer to:
- Philia, a Greek word for love
- Brotherly love (philosophy)
- The New Commandment of Jesus,
- The Second greatest commandment: "Love thy neighbor as thyself"
Brotherly Love is an American sitcom that ran from September 16, 1995 to April 1, 1996, on NBC, and then moved to The WB, where it aired from September 15, 1996 until May 18, 1997. The series was created by Jonathan Schmock and Jim Vallely, and produced by Witt/Thomas Productions in association with Touchstone Television (season 1) & Walt Disney Television (season 2). The primary focus of the series is on the relationship of three brothers, played by Joey Lawrence, Matthew Lawrence, and Andrew Lawrence.
"Brotherly Love" is a song written by Jimmy Stewart and Tim Nichols, which has been recorded by Moe Bandy, as well as a duet between Keith Whitley and Earl Thomas Conley.
Bandy's version appears on his 1989 studio album Many Mansions for Curb Records. The song was the second single from that album, reaching a peak of number 53 on the country music charts in 1989.
Country singer Billy Dean recorded the song on his 1990 debut album Young Man.
Brotherly love in the biblical sense is an extension of the natural affection associated with near kin, toward the greater community of fellow believers, that goes beyond the mere duty in to "love thy neighbour as thyself", and shows itself as "unfeigned love" from a "pure heart", that extends an unconditional hand of friendship that loves when not loved back, that gives without getting, and that ever looks for what is best in others.
Brotherly Love is a 1928 silent film part-talkie comedy produced and distributed by MGM and directed by Charles Reisner. It is a starring vehicle for the comedy team of Karl Dane and George K. Arthur. Young Jean Arthur supports the comedy duo. While essentially a silent film, the movie had music with sound effects and talking sequences. Buster Keaton makes an uncredited appearance as a barber.
A print is allegedly extant at UCLA Film and Television archives. The Library of Congress database lists no copies.
Brotherly Love is a 2015 American drama film written and directed by Jamal Hill. The film stars Keke Palmer, Cory Hardrict, Eric D. Hill and Quincy Brown. The film was executive produced by Queen Latifah for her production company Flavor Unit Films, Electric Republic and Jacavi Film. Brotherly Love was distributed by Freestyle Releasing and had a limited theatrical release in the United States on April 24, 2015.
Usage examples of "brotherly love".
It was after then that he became convinced of the efficacy of Brotherly Love.
Why, in the days when I was with him, old Heppenstall never used to preach under half an hour, and there was one sermon of his on Brotherly Love which lasted forty-five minutes if it lasted a second.
I have spoken apology and contrition and sympathy and brotherly love.
And by my hand he sends you in all brotherly love this letter, and this casket, and begs you accept them in kindness.
I have for some time been dreading the imminence of this storm as I watched the way you looked at one another with an expression of anything but brotherly love, and listened to some of your language.
Do you think they do it out of scientific, disinterest, out of brotherly love?
Therefore I welcomed, albeit with a pang of regret, the possibility of brotherly love between us, and the added constraint that siblingship would impose (however artificially) upon our intercourse.
This is why each of us can only assure the other that he shares his knowledge and feels brotherly love.
Furthermore, they encouraged them to face the torture, so that they not only despised their agonies, but also mastered the emotions of brotherly love.
The revolution can be nurtured in the pulpit, for the priests are by their training unworldly and idealistic creatures who respond to a vision of freedom and equality and brotherly love.
Their brotherly love was well known, and the crafty Tyrant surmised that each, instead of concealing his work from the other, would offer aid and advice.
Or did he merely love them all with a nice, wholesome, brotherly love?