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Philistine
Philistine Phi*lis"tine, n. [L. Philistinus, Heb.
Phlishth[=i], pl. Phlishth[=i]m.]
1. A native or an inhabitant of ancient Philistia, a coast
region of southern Palestine.
2. A bailiff. [Cant, Eng.] [Obs.] --Swift.
3. A person deficient in liberal culture and refinement; one
without appreciation of the nobler aspirations and
sentiments of humanity; one whose scope is limited to
selfish and material interests. [Recent] --M. Arnold.
Philistine
Philistine Phi*lis"tine, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the Philistines.
2. Uncultured; commonplace.
PhilistinismPhilistinism Phi*lis"tin*ism, n.
The condition, character, aims, and habits of the class
called Philistines. See Philistine, 3. [Recent] --Carlyle.
On the side of beauty and taste, vulgarity; on the side
of morals and feeling, coarseness; on the side of mind
and spirit, unintelligence, -- this is Philistinism.
--M. Arnold.
Meaning of Philisti from wikipedia
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Philistis, the wife of
Hieron II, was a
queen of
ancient Syracuse,
Magna Graecia,
known from her coins,
which are numerous, and of fine workmanship, and...
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Image of
Philistis (left), the wife of
Hiero II, from a coin....
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Syracusarum ad
explicandam Thucydidis potissimum historiam scripsit atque Philisti et
Timaei rerum Sicularum fragmenta adjecit, p. 16 This article incorporates...
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Philistis, wife of
Hiero II,
depicted on a
tetradrachm minted between 218 and 214 BC...
- Herakles) and of
members of the
royal family (Hieron II himself, his wife
Philistis, his daughter-in-law Nereis,
daughter of Pyrrhus, and his son Gelo II)...
