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Phalanx - English Dictionary

 





1. A body of heavy-armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep. There were several different arrangements, the phalanx varying in depth from four to twenty-five or more ranks of men.
2. Any body of troops or men formed in close array, or any combination of people distinguished for firmness and solidity of a union.
3. A Fourierite community; a phalanstery.
4. One of the digital bones of the hand or foot, beyond the metacarpus or metatarsus; an internode.
5. A group or bundle of stamens, as in polyadelphous flowers.
6. any of the bones or phalanges of the fingers or toes

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