Bastille
[bæs'til]
Definition
(noun.) a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner).
(noun.) a fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries; it was destroyed July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution.
Typist: Marietta--From WordNet
Definition
n. an old fortress in Paris long used as a stale prison and demolished by a revolutionary mob in July 1789: any prison regarded as a symbol of tyranny.
Editor: Sweeney
Examples
- Instead he let him remain in his dungeon in the Bastille, where he died in 1589. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The grim-looking prison of the Bastille was stormed by the people of Paris, and the insurrection spread rapidly throughout France. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- You did good service at the taking of the Bastille, citizen? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Saint Antoine was clamorous to have its wine-shop keeper foremost in the guard upon the governor who had defended the Bastille and shot the people. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Help for the Bastille prisoner's kindred in La Force! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I have been a Bastille prisoner. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- A team of horses couldn't draw her back now; the bolts and bars of the old Bastille couldn't keep her. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- In the exercise of his skill, the appearance and the story of the Bastille Captive removed him from all other men. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Inform the Tribunal of what you did that day within the Bastille, citizen. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- In France--who, knowing me to have been a prisoner in the Bastille, would touch me, except to overwhelm me with embraces, or carry me in triumph. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Room for the Bastille prisoner in front there! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
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