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Name Philidel
Gender Feminine & Masculine
Usage Literature, Theatre
Other Forms FormsPhiladel
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Meaning & History
Perhaps based on PHILADELPHIA or FIDELIS. It was used by John Dryden in his opera 'King Arthur; or, the British Worthy' (1691), where it belongs to an air spirit in the service of Merlin who saves Arthur from the evil schemes of Osmond, a Saxon sorcerer, and Grimbald, an enemy earth spirit.