Associations to the word «Philadelphian»

Wiktionary

PHILADELPHIAN, noun. A person who originates from or lives in Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIAN, noun. A member of a 17th-century Protestant religious group in England.
PHILADELPHIAN, adjective. Of or relating to Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIAN, adjective. Of or relating to the ancient king Ptolemy II Philadelphus.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats