PHILADELPHIAN

a. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Of or pertaining to Ptolemy Philadelphus, or to one of the cities named Philadelphia, esp. the modern city in Pennsylvania.

2.
n.

A native or an inhabitant of Philadelphia.

3.
n.

One of a society of mystics of the seventeenth century, -- called also the Family of Love. Tatler.


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