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bastille
[ ba-steel; French bas-tee-yuh ]
noun
plural bastilles
- (initial capital letter) a fortress in Paris, used as a prison, built in the 14th century and destroyed July 14, 1789.
- any prison or jail, especially one conducted in a tyrannical way.
- a fortified tower, as of a castle; a small fortress; citadel.
Bastille
/ bastij; b忙藞sti藧l /
noun
- a fortress in Paris, built in the 14th century: a prison until its destruction in 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution
Bastille
- A prison in Paris where many political and other offenders were held and tortured until the time of the French Revolution . It was attacked by workers on July 14, 1789, during the revolution; the prisoners were released, and the building was later demolished.
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Notes
The anniversary of the attack, Bastille Day, is the most important national holiday in France .
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of bastille1
C14: from Old French bastile fortress, from Old Proven莽al bastida , from bastir to build, of Germanic origin; see baste 1
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鈥淚f we have a fourth one, Jerusalem will become a new bastille.鈥
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Reading some of the coverage, you鈥檇 think someone was storming the bastille.
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鈥淭here are more prisoners in my bastille, my jail, and higher costs for arrests.鈥
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Chains cannot bind that down; bastilles cannot shut it in; and every attempt to crush it is but an effort of tyranny both impotent and cruel.
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"And he is now incarcerated in your bastille."
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