herma
Americannoun
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hermae,
plural
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hermai
plural
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When you come to this spring, bring me some herma and perfumes.
From Moorish Literature by René Basset
Swathing in this way their natural charms, this costume gave them a vague resemblance to Egyptian hermae; though from these blocks of muslin rose enchanting little heads of tender melancholy.
From A Daughter of Eve by Honoré de Balzac
Under the empire, the function of the hermae was rather architectural than religious.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
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