Sentence:  It describes the <WSD>Agapetae</WSD> as virgins who consecrated themselves to God with a vow of chastity and associated with laymen who like themselves had taken a vow of chastity. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Women of the early Christian church who cohabited in a state of "spiritual love" with clergy or laymen who had vowed chastity.