Bastille synonyms

bă-stēl'

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chokey
Alternative form of choky.
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gaol
(UK, Ireland, Australia) Alternative spelling of jail.
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jailhouse
A place for incarcerating prisoners; a jail.
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prisonhouse
The main building of a prison
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Bastille Sentence Examples

  • Auvergne remained in the Bastille for eleven years, from 1605 to 1616.

  • On the 14th the Bastille was taken.

  • The revolt of Paris and the taking of the Bastille on the 14th of July were its results.

  • On the 15th of August 1785, Assumption day, when the whole court was awaiting the king and queen in order to go to the chapel, the cardinal de Rohan, who was preparing to officiate, was arrested and taken to the Bastille.

  • In the same year he was appointed captain of the Bastille and lieutenant-general of Normandy, and married Marie de Rohan, daughter of the duke of Montbazon.

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