Phil`a*del"phi*an (?), a. [Gr.
filadelfia brotherly love, from fila`delfos
brotherly; fi`los loved, loving, friendly +
'adelfo`s brother.] Of or pertaining to Ptolemy
Philadelphus, or to one of the cities named Philadelphia, esp. the
modern city in Pennsylvania.
Phil`a*del"phi*an, n. 1.
A native or an inhabitant of Philadelphia.
2. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a society of
mystics of the seventeenth century, -- called also the Family of
Love. Tatler.