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Philipʹpins

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A Russian sect; so called from the founder, Philip Pustoswiät. They are called Old Faith Men, because they cling with tenacity to the old service books, old version of the Bible, old hymn-book, old prayer-book, and all customs previous to the reforms of Nekon, in the 17th century.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Philadelphia Stones
Philander (in Orlando Furioso)
Philandering
Philanthropist (The)
Philemon and Baucis
Philip
Philip Nye (in Hudibras)
Philip Quarl
Philippe Egalité
Philippic
Philippins
Philips (John)
Philisides
Philistines
Philistines
Philistinism
Phillis
Philoclea
Philoctetēs
Philomel or Philomela
Philomelus

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