We visited a medieval citadel in Italy.
a massive stone citadel continues to command the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia
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First Known Use: 1542
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yearbastion, castle, fastness, fort, fortification, fortress, hold, redoubt, stronghold;
battlement, breastwork, bulwark, earthwork, embattlement, parapet, rampart;
: a castle or fort that in past times was used to protect the people of a city if the city was attacked
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