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citadel

noun
/ˈsɪtədəl/

Etymology

From French citadelle, from Italian cittadella, diminutive of città (“city”), from Latin cīvitās.

  1. derived from cīvitās
  2. derived from cittadella
  3. borrowed from citadelle

Definitions

  1. A strong fortress that sits high above a city.

    • In the city’s midst the gleaming marble of a thousand steps climbed to the citadel where arose four pinnacles beckoning to heaven, and midmost between the pinnacles there stood the dome, vast, as the gods had dreamed it.

  2. A stronghold or fortified place.

    • Intrenched within the citadel of our apartment, and cheered by the comfortings of a coal fire, we passed the day in letter-writing, conversation, or gazing from the sheltered security of our windows upon the agitated sea[…]

  3. An armoured portion of a warship, housing important equipment.

    • Twenty-two of these — eleven per broadside — were on the main deck within a central citadel, essentially an armor-protected box in the middle of the ship. Also within the citadel were four 110-pdr. breech-loaders.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A Salvation Army meeting place.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA