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noun

a monument consisting of a four-sided shaft tapering inward from top to bottom and bearing a head or bust; those of Hermes usually had an erect penis, which passersby stroked for luck.

Also, herma.

Compare term (def. 10).

Origin:
1570–80; < Latin hermēs < Greek hermês statue of Hermes

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herm or herma (hɜːm, ˈhɜːmə)

—n , pl herms, hermae, hermai
	(in ancient Greece) a stone head of Hermes surmounting a square stone pillar

[C16: from Latin herma, from Greek hermēsHermes¹]

herma or herma (hɜːm, ˈhɜːmə, ˈhɜːmiː, ˈhɜːmaɪ)

—n

[C16: from Latin herma, from Greek hermēsHermes¹]

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