syntagma

noun5

1. •
   A constituent segment within a text, such as a word or a phrase that forms a syntactic unit.

   • The syntagma “the God of peace” (in Greek ὁ Θεὸς τῆς εἰρήνης) occurs in all undisputed Pauline letters.
2. •
   An arrangement of units that together bears a meaning.

   • To combine a sequence of shots into a larger syntagma, there has to be a connection between the successive shots.
3. •
   A Macedonian phalanx fighting formation consisting of 256 men with long spears (sarissae).

   • The men forming the syntagma were arranged in a square of sixteen files of sixteen.
4. •
   A treatise or compendium.
5. •
   (old-fashioned) An organized structural, functional unit of anatomical or chemical subunits.