PHILIPPI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Philippi mean? 

• PHILIPPI (noun)
  The noun PHILIPPI has 2 senses:

1. a city in ancient Macedonia that was important in early Christianity

2. Octavian and Mark Antony defeated Brutus and Cassius in 42 BC

  Familiarity information: PHILIPPI used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHILIPPI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A city in ancient Macedonia that was important in early Christianity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Octavian and Mark Antony defeated Brutus and Cassius in 42 BC

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

battle of Philippi; Philippi

Instance hypernyms:

pitched battle (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)

Domain region:

Macedonia (landlocked republic on the Balkan Peninsula; achieved independence from Yugoslavia in 1991)

 Context examples 

The drug had no discriminating action; it was neither diabolical nor divine; it but shook the doors of the prisonhouse of my disposition; and like the captives of Philippi, that which stood within ran forth.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)