n.
Pronunciation: ' fa-l ə n- ˌ ster- ē
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ster · ies
Etymology: French phalanstère dwelling of a Fourierist community, from Latin phalang-, phalanx + French -stère (as in monastère monastery)
Date: 1846
1 a : a Fourierist cooperative community b : a self-contained structure housing such a community
2 : something resembling a Fourierist phalanstery