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Hermae

Herma \Her"ma\, n.; pl. Herm[ae]. [L.] See Hermes,

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hermae

n. (plural of herm English)

WordNet
herm
  1. n. a statue consisting of a squared stone pillar with a carved head (usually a bearded Hermes) on top; used in ancient Greece as a boundary marker or signpost

  2. [also: hermae (pl)]

hermae

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Usage examples of "hermae".

Revealing formal gardens with stone hermae, geysering fountains, lamps, a marble wellhead, terra-cotta jars tall as a man, and statues of sylphs and mythical animals so lifelike that they almost seemed to move through the boughs and terraced pathways.