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phallobates

phallobates noun: phallic priest thought to have been a precursor of the Christian stylite.

Noun

phallobates (plural phallobates)

  1. (Ancient Greece) Phallic priest thought to have been a precursor of the Christian stylite.

Forms of phallobates

pluralphallobates
alternative formphallobate

Origin of phallobates

Borrowed from Latin phallobatēs, from Ancient Greek φαλλοβάτης (phallobátēs, literally “phallus-climber”). Doublet of phallobate (derived via the Latin adapted form phallobata; compare English stylobate).

Questions about phallobates

What does phallobates mean?
Phallobates means phallic priest thought to have been a precursor of the Christian stylite.
What part of speech is phallobates?
Phallobates is a noun.
What is the plural of phallobates?
The plural of phallobates is phallobates.

Words near phallobates in the dictionary

  1. phallitis
  2. phallo
  3. phallo-
  4. phallobase
  5. phallobases
  6. phallobates
  7. phallocampsis
  8. phallocentric
  9. phallocentrically
  10. phallocentricity
  11. phallocentrism

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