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Definition of Philhellenic
1. Adjective. Characterized by a love of Greece and Grecian things. "The Philhellenic Society"
Derivative terms: Graecophile, Graecophile, Philhellene, Philhellene
Partainyms: Philhellene, Philhellene
Definition of Philhellenic
1. a. Of or pertaining to philhellenism.
Definition of Philhellenic
1. Adjective. Loving Greek culture. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Philhellenic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Philhellenic
Literary usage of Philhellenic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Restoration of Monarchy in France by Alphonse de Lamartine, Rafter (1872)
"... massacres ; assassination of the patriarch—Heroism of the Hellenists—Excitement
in Europe at the news—Formation of philhellenic committees—Departure of ..."
2. Narrative of a Journey Across the Balcan by George Thomas Keppel Albemarle (1831)
"... Corinth — A Palikari Chieftain — Garrison of Corinth — American philhellenic
Association — Egina — The Piraeus — A Greek Renegade and Parricide. ..."
3. Narrative of a Journey Across the Balcan, by the Two Passes of Selimno and by George Thomas Keppel Albemarle (1831)
"... panto — Corinth — A Palikari Chieftain — Garrison of Corinth — American
philhellenic Association — Egina — The Piraeus — A Greek Renegade and Parricide. ..."
4. A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography: Consisting of Sketches of All Women who by Henry Gardiner Adams (1857)
"She is Kst known as the author of songs of liberty, written when philhellenic
enthusiasm prevailed all over Germany. Almost all her poetic productions are ..."
5. The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany (1826)
"The chairman of the philhellenic Committee was Mr. Hume; ... Mr. Hume, therefore,
teems the most efficient agent of the philhellenic Committee. ..."
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