‖ phalanstère
(falɑ̃stɛr)
[mod.F., arbitrarily composed of phalanx with the ending of monastère monastery.]
= phalanstery.
| 1844 Hennell Soc. Syst. 203 Mr. Owen's community is to be located in a Parallelogram, Fourier's in a Phalanstère. 1853 Lytton My Novel iv. viii, Tracts which..substituted in place thereof Monsieur Fourier's symmetrical phalanstere, or Mr Owen's architectural parallelogram. |