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philadelphian
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Philadelphian \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.
Philadelphian \Phil`a*del"phi*an\, n.
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.
Wikipedia
Philadelphian is most commonly used to describe someone who is from (or a resident of) the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- List of people from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Philadelphian" may also refer to:
- Old Philadelphians, members of the First Families of Philadelphia considered part of the historic core of the East Coast establishment
- Philadelphians, a 17th-century Protestant religious sect (sometimes called the "Philadelphian Society", or the "Philadelphia Society")
- Philadelphian cricket team, a first-class cricket team from the turn of the 20th century
- a train operated by Amtrak as part of the Clocker service
Usage examples of "philadelphian".
That same month, there was a mass meeting, an extralegal gathering, which called for price reductions and initiated an investigation of Robert Morris, a rich Philadelphian who was accused of holding food from the market.
When, during the war, many of the executive branches of government had to be evacuated to Philadelphia, and when the city itself was not bombed, the Philadelphians proclaimed that the enemy had been smart enough to realize that by obliterating all the red tape, they would be helping the U.