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noun

Phallus n. (pl. phalli)

The emblem of the generative power in nature, carried in procession in the Bacchic orgies, or worshiped in various ways.

(Anat.) The penis or clitoris, or the embryonic or primitive organ from which either may be derived.

(Bot.) A genus of fungi which have a fetid and disgusting odor; the stinkhorn.

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Etymology of 'Phallus'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Phallus" Quotes from Famous Books

... Ap-uat. My nose is the nose of Khenti-khas. My lips are the lips of Anpu. My teeth are the teeth of Serqet. My neck is the neck of the divine goddess Isis. My hands are the hands of Ba-neb-Tattu. My forearms are the forearms of Neith, the Lady of Sais. My backbone is the backbone of Suti. My phallus is the phallus of Osiris. My reins are the reins of the Lords of Kher-aba. My chest is the chest of the Mighty one of Terror. My belly and back are the belly and back of Sekhet. My buttocks are the buttocks of the Eye of Horus. My hips and legs are the hips ...

— Egyptian Literature

... in conjunction with trees, of which he is the lord, as the one 'clad in skins,' the 'lord of cattle,' the 'lord of paths,' the 'cheater,' the 'deceiver.' When he is next clearly seen, in the epic, he is the god to whom are offered human sacrifices, and his special claim to worship is the phallus; while the intermediate literature shows glimpses of him only in his simple Brahmanic form of terror. It has long been known that Civaite phallic worship was not borrowed from the Southerners, as ...

— The Religions of India - Handbooks On The History Of Religions, Volume 1, Edited By Morris Jastrow • Edward Washburn Hopkins