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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Philadelphian

/fĭlˌ-əd-ĕl'-fē-ən/ · Phil·a·del·phi·an · IPA /fˌɪlədˈɛlfiːən/
01 a. Of or pertaining to Ptolemy Philadelphus, or to one of the cities named Philadelphia, esp. the modern city in Pennsylvania.
  1. 1.
    Of or pertaining to Ptolemy Philadelphus, or to one of the cities named Philadelphia, esp. the modern city in Pennsylvania.
02 n. A native or an inhabitant of Philadelphia.
  1. 1.
    A native or an inhabitant of Philadelphia.
  2. 2.
    One of a society of mystics of the seventeenth century, -- called also the Family of Love.(Eccl. Hist.)