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Philippine(1)(dictionary)
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Philippine Revolution(encyclopedia)
Philippine Sea, Battle of the(encyclopedia)
Philippine-American War(encyclopedia)
Philippine Star(finance)
Philippine Peso(finance)
Philippine News(finance)
Philippine Airlines(tourism)

Philippine(1) (iou)



Philippine adjective1 & noun. L18.
[from St Philip Neri (1515-95), founder of the Congregation of the Fathers of the Oratory at Rome + -INE1.]
A. noun. Pl. -ines, -ini [-i:ni:]. An Oratorian father or priest. Also (Hist.), a member of a religious society of young unmarried poor women whose patron was St Philip Neri. L18.
b. adjective. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Oratorians or the Oratory of St Philip Neri. M19.