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citadelcit‧a‧del /ˈsɪtədəl, -del/ noun [countable] citadelOrigin: 1500-1600 French citadelle, from Old Italian cittadella, from cittade ‘city’, from Latin civitas; ➔ CITY - Far from being a challenger for power, it could not even hold on to its old citadels.
- In the citadel of St Martial everyone's nerves were on edge.
- It seemed that the verderers were going towards the outlaws' citadel, not away from it.
- New Zealand became the citadel of the new right.
- Outside this was a citadel, fortified like the inner bailey, but containing a greater number of buildings.
- Whenever there was fighting around Limoges one permanent complicating factor was the rivalry between city and citadel.
- With your help, and that of the Forteviot men, the main citadels may still be standing.
► the citadel of something- The U.S. is often seen as the citadel of capitalism.
- Deep structural changes will be necessary in developing countries if literacy is to go beyond the citadels of the elites.
- Having emptied the citadel of gold and silver he left Limoges and went off in search of new sources of pay for his mercenaries.
- In the citadel of St Martial everyone's nerves were on edge.
- Instead they concentrated all their energies on subduing the rebels' capital, the citadel of St Martial's.
- Look at it, the golden evening, the snowy mountains, the citadel of the Alhambra.
- New Zealand became the citadel of the new right.
- That these people would one day be enthroned in the citadel of power could not have seemed conceivable to him.
- The superbly sited Hellenistic theatres at the citadel of Pergamon and Termessos were only slightly altered in Roman times.
1a strong fort (=small castle) built in the past as a place where people could go for safety if their city was attacked SYN fortress2the citadel of something literary a place or situation in which an idea, principle, system etc that you think is important is kept safe SYN stronghold: the last citadel of freedom |