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Bastile Bastille

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(1):

(n.) A tower or an elevated work, used for the defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place.

(2):

(n.) "The Bastille", formerly a castle or fortress in Paris, used as a prison, especially for political offenders; hence, a rhetorical name for a prison.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bastile Bastille'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/bastile-bastille.html. 1828.
 
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