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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 376 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos,
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horse;
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Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)  , a masculine proper name, popularized among the
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Christian nations as having been that of one of the apostles of
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Christ . Notices of distinguished men who have
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borne this name are arranged below in the following
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order: (r) Biblical; (2)
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Kings of
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Macedonia,
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France,
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Germany and
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Spain; (3) other rulers .

End of Article: PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
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