noun a fourierite community; a phalanstery.
2. phalanx ·noun a group or bundle of stamens, as in polyadelphous flowers.
3. phalanx ·noun one of the digital bones of the hand or foot, beyond the metacarpus or metatarsus; an internode.
4. phalanx ·noun any body of troops or men formed in close array, or any combination of people distinguished for firmness and solidity of a union.
5. phalanx ·noun 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.