Phĭl'a-dĕl'phi-an1, a.
[Fr. Philadelphien, from Gr. φιλαδελφία, from φίλος, loved, loving, friendly, and ἀδελφός, brother.] Pertaining to Philadelphia, or to Ptolemy Philadelphus.
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Philadelphian
Phĭl'a-dĕl'phi-an2, n.
Sense 1. (Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Philadelphia.
Sense 2. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a certain sect of the seventeenth century, called the Family of Love. Tatler.