Definition of Philippi

1. Noun. A city in ancient Macedonia that was important in early Christianity.

Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center

2. Noun. Octavian and Mark Antony defeated Brutus and Cassius in 42 BC.
Exact synonyms: Battle Of Philippi
Generic synonyms: Pitched Battle
Geographical relationships: Macedonia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Philippi

Philip Michael Ondaatje
Philip Milton Roth
Philip Roth
Philip V
Philip VI
Philip Warren Anderson
Philip of Valois
Philipino
Philipp.
Philipp Lenard
Philipp Melanchthon
Philipp Schwarzerd
Philippa
Philippe
Philippe's triangle
Philippi (current term)
Philippian
Philippians
Philippine
Philippine Islands
Philippine Sea
Philippine cedar
Philippine haemorrhagic fever
Philippine mahogany
Philippine monetary unit
Philippine peso
Philippines
Philippopolis
Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus
Philistia

Literary usage of Philippi

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Theological Studies (1900)
"In the second place, it is a far cry, both in space and in time, from Philippi to the known examples of municipal praetores. Those instances occur in Italy ..."

2. The Greatness and Decline of Rome by Guglielmo Ferrero, Henry John Chaytor, Sir Alfred Eckhard Zimmern (1909)
"CHAPTER XI THE MASSACRE OF THE RICH AND THE BATTLE OF Philippi The triumvirate—The convention of Bologna—The fortune of Lepidus—The " lex Titia "—The ..."

3. The Greatness and Decline of Rome by Guglielmo Ferrero, Alfred Eckhard Zimmern, Henry John Chaytor (1908)
"CHAPTER XI THE MASSACRE OF THE RICH AND THE BATTLE OF Philippi The triumvirate—The convention of Bologna—The fortune of Lepidus—The " lex Titia "—The ..."

4. The Works of Hannah More by Hannah More (1835)
"Finally, the judgments of heaven bore the eamc kind of testimony to the truth of the Gospel, in the prison at Philippi, as it had done on the Mount of ..."

5. The History of the Church of Christ: From the Days of the Apostles, Till the by Joseph Milner (1835)
"Philippi. THE dispensation of the gospel is doubtless the greatest blessing that can be vouchsafed to any country. But the times and the seasons God hath ..."

6. Bibliotheca Sacra and Theological Review (1860)
"Having crossed from Troas to Neapolis, he proceeded to Philippi, ... Excursion to Philippi. I took the earliest opportunity to make the proposed excursion ..."

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