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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Gr.

φιλαδελφια

brotherly love, from

φιλάδελφοσ

brotherly;

φίλοσ

loved, loving, friendly +

ἀδελφόσ

brother.]

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

Noun.

A native or an inhabitant of Philadelphia.

(Eccl. Hist.)

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

Tatler.

Adj.

[Gr.] Pertaining to Philadelphia, or to Ptolemy Philadelphus.

Noun.

One of the family of love.