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Herm   /hərm/   Listen
Herm

noun
1.
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.





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"Herm" Quotes from Famous Books



... sq km note: includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands water: 0 sq km land: 78 ...
— The 2003 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency
... to the antient title Herm; which the Grecians, with a termination, made [Greek: Hermes]. From Ath-Herm came [Greek: Thermai, Thermos, Thermaino]. These terms were sometimes reversed, ...
— A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. • Jacob Bryant


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