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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_156483" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_156483" /> == | ||
<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> | <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" /> == | ||
<p> Bibliography | <p> '''Bibliography Information''' McClintock, 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. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_77985" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_77985" /> == | ||
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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 Information McClintock, 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.
