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philippus

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[fi-lip-uhs] / fɪˈlɪp əs /

noun

philippi plural
  1. a gold coin of ancient Greece, originally issued by Philip II of Macedon.


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Etymology

Origin of philippus

< Latin < Greek philíppeios

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No one, however, seems to have been blamed, and Philip Savoien, her surgeon, was given thirty philippus 'for having treated madame as well as he could, and for having embalmed her body.'

From The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria by Tremayne, Eleanor E.

The States did not welcome this proposal, but voted a subsidy of 200,000 philippus.

From The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria by Tremayne, Eleanor E.

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