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PHILIPPI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Philippi mean?
• PHILIPPI (noun)
The noun PHILIPPI has 2 senses:
1. a city in ancient Macedonia that was important in early Christianity
2. Octavian and Mark Antony defeated Brutus and Cassius in 42 BC
Familiarity information: PHILIPPI used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city in ancient Macedonia that was important in early Christianity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Octavian and Mark Antony defeated Brutus and Cassius in 42 BC
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
battle of Philippi; Philippi
Instance hypernyms:
pitched battle (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)
Domain region:
Macedonia (landlocked republic on the Balkan Peninsula; achieved independence from Yugoslavia in 1991)
Context examples
The drug had no discriminating action; it was neither diabolical nor divine; it but shook the doors of the prisonhouse of my disposition; and like the captives of Philippi, that which stood within ran forth.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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