Philadelphian
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Philadelphian is most commonly used to describe someone who is from (or a resident of) the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
"Philadelphian" may also refer to:
- List of people from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Philadelphian" may also refer to:
- Old PhiladelphiansOld PhiladelphiansOld Philadelphians, also called Proper Philadelphians, or Perennial Philadelphians are the First Families of Philadelphia, that class of Pennsylvanians who claim hereditary and cultural descent mainly from England, Wales and Germany, who founded the city of Philadelphia and settled Pennsylvania...
, members of the First Families of Philadelphia considered part of the historic core of the East Coast establishment. - PhiladelphiansPhiladelphiansThe Philadelphians, or the Philadelphian Society, were a Protestant 17th century religious group in England. They were organized around John Pordage , an Anglican priest from Bradfield, Berkshire, who had been ejected from his parish in 1655 because of differing views, but then reinstated in 1660...
, a 17th century Protestant religious sect (sometimes called the "Philadelphian Society", or the "Philadelphia Society") - Philadelphian cricket teamPhiladelphian cricket teamThe Philadelphian cricket team was a team that represented Philadelphia in first-class cricket between 1878 and 1913. Even with the United States having played the first ever international cricket match against Canada in 1844, the sport began a slow decline in the country. This decline was...
, a first-class cricket team from the turn of the 20th century - a train operated by Amtrak as part of the ClockerClocker (Amtrak)Clocker was an Amtrak rail service operating between Philadelphia and New York City on the Northeast Corridor. It was the first service to be officially operated by Amtrak, when train number 235 left New York's Penn Station at 12:05 AM on May 1, 1971 bound for Philadelphia. The last Clocker train...
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