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castellum
[ ka-stel-uhm ]
noun
, Archaeology.
, plural cas·tel·li [ka-, stel, -ahy].
- a small isolated fortress, or one of a series of such fortresses, of the ancient Romans.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of castellum1
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Example Sentences
On a jutting crag of rock, in plain view from the town below, is an ancient Roman castellum.
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Every castle that they took was burned and destroyed, like Sir Ingelric's castellum at Speen.
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In the north-east s before t is still retained—Walloon chestai (chteau, castellum), fiess (fte).
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Arrayed in the closest order, they presented to an advancing enemy the aspect of a living rampart ('quasi castellum').
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Had he not stumbled at the outset over that 'quasi castellum', he might never have erected that 'ingenious but baseless fabric'.
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