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Definition of Philippopolis
1. Noun. An ancient city in southern Bulgaria; commercial center of an agricultural region.
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Bulgaria, Republic Of Bulgaria
Lexicographical Neighbors of Philippopolis
Literary usage of Philippopolis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Public Organization in Ancient Greece: A Documentary Study by Nicholas F. Jones (1987)
"§8 Philippopolis Documented by abundant epigraphic testimony, the organization
of Philippopolis and of its adjacent territory is known to have extended to ..."
2. Pictures from the Balkans by John Foster Fraser (1906)
"It was Sunday night and Philippopolis was enjoying itself. ... But it did not
strike me that the folk of Philippopolis were enjoying the cool evening in ..."
3. Bulgaria Past and Present: Historical, Political, and Descriptive by James Samuelson (1888)
"If I was rightly informed, another advantage accrued to me from travelling in my
own carriage, for two days after I journeyed from Sofia to Philippopolis, ..."
4. History of Liberty by Samuel Eliot (1853)
"The Arians, finding themselves in the minority, withdrew to Philippopolis in
Thrace,39 where the creed adopted some years before at Antioch was solemnly ..."
5. The History of Christianity: From the Birth of Christ to the Abolition of by Henry Hart Milman (1840)
"... to impede the progress of the council, by refusing to sanction the presence
of persons excommunicated, they seceded to Philippopolis in Thrace. ..."
6. The Arians of the Fourth Century by John Henry Newman (1890)
"But, almost before the opening of the Council, matters were brought to a crisis ;
a schism took place in its members ; the Arians retreated to Philippopolis ..."
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