syntagma

  1. Noun.  A syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit; a construction..
  2. Noun.  A sequence of linguistic units in a syntagmatic relationship to one another..
  3. Noun.  A Macedonian phalanx fighting formation consisting of 256 men with long spears (sarissae).

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