Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for THE-O-PHI-LAN'THRO-PIST
THE-O-PHI-LAN'THRO-PIST, n. [Gr. θεος and φιλανθρωπος.]
A title assumed by some persons in France during the revolution. Their object was to establish a new religion in the place of Christianity.
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