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Philotʹimē

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The word means lover of honour. The presiding Queen of Hell, and daughter of Mammon. (Spenser: Faërie Queene, ii.)

“And fair Philotimē, the rightly hight,

The fairest wight that wonneth under sky.”


Book ii. canto vii.

 

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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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Philosopher’s Egg (The)
Philosopher’s Stone
Philosopher’s Tree (The)
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