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Phi·lip·pi

(fĭ-lĭp′ī)

A city of ancient Macedon, in the northeast of present-day Greece, near the Aegean Sea. It was the site of Antony and Octavian's decisive defeat of Brutus and Cassius in 42 bc.

Phi·lip′pi·an (-lĭp′ē-ən) adj. & n.

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Philippi

(fɪˈlɪpaɪ; ˈfɪlɪ-)

(Placename) an ancient city in NE Macedonia: scene of the victory of Antony and Octavian over Brutus and Cassius (42 bc)

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Phi•lip•pi

(fɪˈlɪp aɪ, ˈfɪl əˌpaɪ)

n.

a ruined city in NE Greece, in Macedonia: Octavian and Mark Antony defeated Brutus and Cassius here, 42 B.C.

Phi•lip′pi•an (-i ən) adj., n.

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Noun	1.	Philippi - a city in ancient Macedonia that was important in early Christianity
	2.	Philippi - Octavian and Mark Antony defeated Brutus and Cassius in 42 BC battle of Philippi Macedonia - landlocked republic on the Balkan Peninsula; achieved independence from Yugoslavia in 1991

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They were "cestracio philippi" sharks, with brown backs and whitish bellies, armed with eleven rows of teeth-- eyed sharks--their throat being marked with a large black spot surrounded with white like an eye.

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"Then we meet again at Philippi," cried Raffles in gay adieu.

"'And I think that the field of Philippi Was where Caesar came to an end; But who gave old Brutus the tip, I Can't comprehend!'

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The poor old sheik we saw at Cesarea Philippi with his ragged band of a hundred followers, would have been called a "king" in those ancient times.

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He had been in several engagements, such as they were-- at Philippi, Rich Mountain, Carrick's Ford and Greenbrier--and had borne himself with such gallantry as not to attract the attention of his superior officers.

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"The same thing that happened to Brutus the night before the battle of Philippi; I have seen a ghost."

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If we may trust the observations of Philippi in Sicily, the successive changes in the marine inhabitants of that island have been many and most gradual.

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It is told of Brutus, that when he fell on his sword after the battle of Philippi, he quoted a line of Euripides,--"O Virtue!

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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.

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The background to Paul's letter to the Christian community at Philippi was both startling and demanding.