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Philippist Ch. Hist.|ˈfɪlɪpɪst| [f. Philip = Gr. ϕίλιππ-ος + -ist.] A follower of Philip Melanchthon; one of the party of moderate Lutherans or adiaphorists. Also attrib.
1727–41Chambers Cycl., Philippists, a sect or party among the Lutherans; the followers of Philip Melanchthon. 1764A. Maclaine tr. Mosheim's Ch. Hist. (1844) II. 90/1 Matthew Flacius, the virulent enemy of Melancthon, and all the Philippists. 1873McClintock & Strong Cycl. Bibl. Lit. V. 670/1 In 1574 the Philippist party was overthrown in Electoral Saxony, and its heads imprisoned. So ˈPhilippism, the doctrine or practice of Melanchthon or the Philippists; Philiˈppistic a., like or pertaining to the Philippists.
1882–3Schaff's Encycl. Relig. Knowl. II. 1042/1 Hunnius..contributed much to suppress all Philippistic traditions [at Wittenberg]. Ibid. III. 1827 The elector did so, not from any preference for Philippism, but [etc.]. |