Filippineadj.n.
/ˈfɪlᵻpʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈfɪləˌpaɪn/ Roman Catholic Church. Now rare.
A. adj.
Of, belonging to, or dedicated to St Philip Neri; spec. (a) of or relating to the priests of the Oratory of St Philip Neri (see oratory n.1 4b); (b) designating an order concerned with the education of girls, the Pontifical institute of the Religious Teachers Filippini, founded by St Lucia Filippini in 1704 in Italy.
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oratorical1619
Oratorian1847
Filippine1848
1770 G. Baretti Journey London to Genoa I. xxxii. 289 As Escolas des Necessidades [in Lisbon] is a Philippine convent, and of course the professors are Philippine friars.
1800 J. Salmon Hist. Descr. Anc. & Mod. Rome I. 178 Returning to the church of St Mary Maggiore, near that edifice is the Philippine Monastery. This monastery was first erected for poor girls, who were maintained partly by their own work and partly by charity.
1822 M. Graham Jrnl. 7 Nov. in Captain's Wife (1993) 131 The discourse turned to nunneries, and I mentioned the Philippine nuns in Rome, on which he begged to have a particular notice of them and their rule.
1848 F. W. Faber Let. 17 Feb. in J. E. Bowden Life & Lett. F. W. Faber (1869) viii. 337 Father Superior has now left us, all in our Philippine habits with turndown collars, like so many good boys brought in after dinner.
1856 J. H. Newman Let. 2 Jan. in M. Trevor Newman: Light in Winter (1962) 99 The Philippine house is one large vault.
1930 N.Y. Times 25 June 10 The Filippine Order of Teaching Nuns, which he introduced and sustained in America.
1959 J. C. Chapin tr. A. Giovannetti We have Pope v. 111 Patriarch Roncalli thought it proper to cede to the Filippine Institutes (now run by the Brethren of the Christian Schools) the splendid Villa Fietta.
1993 J. L. Baldauf-Berdes Women Musicians Venice 69 Oratory of the Filippine Fathers.
2000 W. M. Johnston Encycl. Monasticism 1035/1 The Oratorians (called Filipine Fathers in Poland).
B. n.† 1. A member of a religious society of young unmarried women in Rome whose patron was St Philip Neri. Obsolete. rare.The now defunct society was founded in Italy in the 17th cent. by Retilio Brandi.
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1773 Encycl. Brit. III. 476/2 Philippines, a religious society of young women, at Rome; so called from their taking St. Philip de Neri for their protector: they consist of an hundred poor girls, who are brought up till they are of age to be married, or become nuns.
2. A father or priest of the Oratory of St Philip Neri; an Oratorian.
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Oratorian1652
Filippine1852
1852 F. W. Faber Let. 14 Jan. in M. Trevor Newman: Pillar of Cloud (1962) 578 F. Rossi..declares..that he has acted in a manner unworthy of a Filippine in re Achilli.
1856 J. H. Newman Let. 7 Jan. in M. Trevor Newman: Light in Winter (1962) 101 The brief half-hour we had for going to the Philippini.
1863 J. H. Newman Let. 27 Dec. in W. Ward Life Cardinal Newman (1912) I. xix. 612 Since 1846 or 1847,..since I went to Propaganda and came back a Philippine.
1889 Catholic World Aug. 618 This genial and gentle and holy man, the beloved not only of his dear Filippini, but of all who love the glory of the House of God.
1992 I. Jenkins & J. Montagu Cassiano dal Pozzo's Paper Museum II Virgilio Spada, the Oratorian priest who discovered Borromini and guided him through thirteen stormy years in the service of the Filippini.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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