castle

  • 21Castle — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Castle, mot anglais qui signifie château, peut désigner : Sommaire 1 Patronyme 2 Toponyme …

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  • 22Castle FM — | name = Castle FM area = Carrickfergus airdate = 1998 frequency = FM: Unknown usually 107.2 MHz Online format = News, Music owner = Event Radio Services website = [http://www.castlefm.co.uk Official Castle FM Website] Castle FM is based in… …

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  • 23CASTLE —    Because of the increasingly complex political environment of Romanesque Europe in the 1000s and 1100s, fortified castles, which still dot the countryside across Europe, came to share political authority with the powerful monasteries of the… …

    Historical Dictionary of Architecture

  • 24castle — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ grand, great, magnificent, splendid (esp. BrE) ▪ turreted, walled ▪ historic ▪ …

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  • 25Castle — This interesting name is of early medieval English topographical origin, and is derived from the Anglo Norman French castel , castle, fortified building or set of buildings, especially the residence of a feudal lord. The name could also have… …

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  • 26castle — 1. noun /ˈkɑː.səl,ˈkæ.səl/ a) A large building that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. The castle was perhaps a figurative name for a close headpiece deduced from its enclosing and… …

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  • 27Castle — Ca|stle [ kɑ:s(ə)l ], das; , s [engl. castle < afrz. castel < lat. castellum, ↑ Kastell]: engl. Bez. für: Schloss, Burg. * * * Castle   [kɑːsl] das, / s, englisch für Schloss, Burg.   * * * Ca|stle [ka:sl], das; , s [engl. castle < afrz …

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  • 28castle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fort[ress], stronghold; donjon, keep; rook. See defense, abode. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. stronghold, manor, fortress, ch?teau, citadel, seat, villa, keep, donjon, fort, hold, safehold, refuge, fastness …

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  • 29castle — cas|tle W3 [ˈka:səl US ˈkæ ] n [Date: 1000 1100; : Old North French; Origin: castel, from Latin castellum building with a defensive wall , from castrum defended place, camp ] 1.) also Castle a very large strong building, built in the past as a… …

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  • 30castle — [[t]kɑ͟ːs(ə)l, kæ̱s(ə)l[/t]] ♦♦♦ castles 1) N COUNT A castle is a large building with thick, high walls. Castles were built by important people, such as kings, in former times, especially for protection during wars and battles. → See also sand… …

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