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“lover of virtue”
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01 / Meaning & origin
Philaretos is a masculine given name. English Wikipedia gives the meaning “lover of virtue”.
Meaning: “lover of virtue”
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PHILARETOS— “love virtue”
Philaret, fond of virtue, is however popular in Russia, for the sake of some Eastern saint, who no doubt derived it from Philaretos, a Greek physician.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part III, Chapter IV (Historical Greek Names Consisting Of Epithets), Section VIII (Phile, &c) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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