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A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | 2000 | | Copyright

donjon.
1. Strongest part of a medieval castle, usually a tower or keep containing the best rooms and living-quarters, capable of being defended even if the outer walls of the castle were breached.

2. Lowest storey in a keep, usually a basement.

3. Prison of several compartments, or one cell, wholly or partly below ground level.

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donjon

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

don·jon / ˈdänjən; ˈdən-/ • n. the great tower or innermost keep of a castle.

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donjon

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

donjon the great tower or innermost keep of a castle. The word is recorded from Middle English, and is a variant of dungeon.

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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "donjon." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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donjon

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

donjon arch. sp. of DUNGEON.

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donjon

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

donjon •abrasion, Australasian, equation, Eurasian, evasion, invasion, occasion, persuasion, pervasion, suasion, Vespasian •adhesion, cohesion, Friesian, lesion •circumcision, collision, concision, decision, derision, division, elision, envision, excision, imprecision, incision, misprision, precisian, precision, provision, scission, vision •subdivision • television • Eurovision •LaserVision •corrosion, eclosion, erosion, explosion, implosion •allusion, collusion, conclusion, confusion, contusion, delusion, diffusion, effusion, exclusion, extrusion, fusion, illusion, inclusion, interfusion, intrusion, obtrusion, occlusion, preclusion, profusion, prolusion, protrusion, reclusion, seclusion, suffusion, transfusion •Monaghan • Belgian •Bajan, Cajun, contagion, Trajan •Glaswegian, legion, Norwegian, region •irreligion, religion •Injun • Harijan • oxygen • antigen •sojourn • donjon • Georgian •theologian, Trojan •Rügen •bludgeon, curmudgeon, dudgeon, gudgeon, trudgen •dungeon • glycogen • halogen •collagen • Imogen • carcinogen •hallucinogen • androgen •oestrogen (US estrogen) •hydrogen • nitrogen •burgeon, sturgeon, surgeon

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