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Definition of Philippians
1. Noun. A New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul to the church at Philippi in Macedonia.
Generic synonyms: Epistle
Group relationships: New Testament
Definition of Philippians
1. Noun. (plural of Philippian) ¹
2. Proper noun. (biblical) The eleventh book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle of St Paul to the Philippians. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Philippians
Literary usage of Philippians
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Paul concludes his Epistle by a more explicit renewal of thanks to the Philippians
for their alms, using the most delicate expressions and making his manner ..."
2. Literature of Theology: A Classified Bibliography of Theological and General by John Fletcher Hurst (1896)
"Philippians. See also Commentaries on the Whole Bible, ... Commentaries on the
Epistles of Paul the Apostle to the Philippians ..."
3. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1825)
"ON THE EPISTLE TO THE Philippians. I. Account of the church at Philippi. — II.
Date. — HI. ... The more immediate occasion of die Epistle to the Philippians ..."
4. The Bible as Literature: An Introduction by Irving Francis Wood, Elihu Grant (1914)
"The letters to Philemon, Colossians, Ephesians, and Philippians were ... There are
those who argue that the fact that Philippians is so different from ..."
5. The Bible as Literature: An Introduction by Irving Francis Wood, Elihu Grant (1914)
"The letters to Philemon, Colossians, Ephesians, and Philippians were ... There are
those who argue that the fact that Philippians is so different from ..."
6. The evidences of the genuineness of the Gospels by Andrews Norton (1847)
"The Epistle of Poly carp to the Philippians. What may next be mentioned is an
... To his Epistle to the Philippians he refers, in connection with his ..."
7. The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe, Ernest Cushing Richardson, Allan Menzies, Bernhard Pick (1885)
"THE EPISTLE OF POLYCARP TO THE Philippians.' POLYCARP, and the presbyters * with
him, to the Church of God sojourning at Philippi : Mercy to you, ..."
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