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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_156483" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_156483" /> == | ||
<p> (1): | <p> (1): (a.) Uncultured; commonplace. </p> <p> (2): (a.) Of or pertaining to the Philistines. </p> <p> (3): (n.) A native or an inhabitant of ancient Philistia, a coast region of southern Palestine. </p> <p> (4): (n.) A bailiff. </p> <p> (5): (n.) 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. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_55696" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_55696" /> == | ||
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (a.) Uncultured; commonplace.
(2): (a.) Of or pertaining to the Philistines.
(3): (n.) A native or an inhabitant of ancient Philistia, a coast region of southern Palestine.
(4): (n.) A bailiff.
(5): (n.) 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.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
Bibliography InformationMcClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Philistine'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/p/philistine.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [3]
The name given by the students in Germany to a non-university man of the middle-class, or a man without (university) culture, or of narrow views of things.
