sb. and a. rare. [ad. L. allophȳl-us, a. Gr. ἀλλόφῡλ-ος of another tribe, alien, f. ἄλλος other, different + φῡλή tribe.]

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  1.  An alien; a Philistine.

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1577.  Test. 12 Patriarchs, 48. The kindred of the allophyles or of the gentiles.

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  2.  = ALLOPHYLIAN. (Cf. mod. Fr. allophyle, introduced by Quatrefages after Prichard.)

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1879.  in Syd. Soc. Lex.

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