1. (n.) A compact body of people; 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. (n.) Any body of troops or men formed in close array, or any combination of people distinguished for firmness and solidity of a union.

3. (n.) A Fourierite community; a phalanstery.

4. (n.) One of the digital bones of the hand or foot, beyond the metacarpus or metatarsus; an internode.

5. (n.) A group or bundle of stamens, as in polyadelphous flowers.

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