ənˌstɛr noun, plural phal·an·ster·ies.
1.
a.
the buildings occupied by a phalanx.
b.
the community itself.
2.
any similar association, or the buildings they occupy.
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| —n , pl -steries | |
| 1. | in Fourierism |
| a. buildings occupied by a phalanx | |
| b. a community represented by a phalanx | |
| 2. | any similar association or the buildings occupied by such an association |
| [C19: from French phalanstère, from phalange | |
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Word Origin & History
phalanstery
1846, name for one of the socialistic communities of c.1,800 people, living together as family, proposed as the basic unit of society in the system of Fr. social scientist François-Marie-Charles Fourier (1772-1837), from Fr. phalanstère, coined by Fourier from phalange, properly "phalanx"
+ ending after monastère "monastery."
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