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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 827 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CONCIERGE (a See also:French word of unknown origin; the Latinized See also:form was concergius ar concergerius)  , originally the See also:guardian of a See also:house or See also:castle, in the See also:middle ages a See also:court See also:official who was the custodian of a royal See also:palace . In See also:Paris, when the Palais de la Cite ceased about 1360 to be a royal See also:residence and became the seat of the courts of See also:justice, the Conciergerie was turned into a See also:prison . In See also:modern usage a " See also:concierge " is a See also:hall-See also:porter or janitor .

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