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   Phalanx , n.; pl. Phalanxes , L. Phalanges . [L., from Gr. φάλαγξ.]
   (Gr. Antiq.) 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. “In cubic phalanx firm advanced.” 
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   The Grecian phalanx, moveless as a tower.
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   Any body of troops or men formed in close array, or any combination of people distinguished for firmness and solidity of a union.
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   At present they formed a united phalanx.
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   The sheep recumbent, and the sheep that grazed,
   All huddling into phalanx, stood and gazed.
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   A Fourierite community; a phalanstery.
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   (Anat.) One of the digital bones of the hand or foot, beyond the metacarpus or metatarsus; an internode.
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   [pl. Phalanges.] (Bot.) A group or bundle of stamens, as in polyadelphous flowers.
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