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Meaning of PHILADELPHIAN

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
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  1. \Phil`a*del"phi*an\, a. [Gr. filadelfia brotherly
    love, from fila`delfos brotherly; fi`los loved, loving,
    friendly + 'adelfo`s brother.]
    Of or pertaining to Ptolemy Philadelphus, or to one of the
    cities named Philadelphia, esp. the modern city in
    Pennsylvania.
    
  2. \Phil`a*del"phi*an\, n.
    1. A native or an inhabitant of Philadelphia.
    2. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a society of mystics of the
       seventeenth century, -- called also the Family of Love.
       --Tatler.
    
 
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