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DONJON (from a Late Lat. accusative form domnionem, connected with domnus or dominus, a lord)

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LATE
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LAT
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ACCUSATIVE (Lat. accusativus, sc. casus, a translation of the Gr. aletartKI vrrwves, the case concerned with cause and effect, from atria, a cause)
accusative See also:
FORM (Lat. forma)
form domnionem, connected with domnus or See also:
DOMINUS (from an Indo-European root dam-, cf. Gr. Sapav, to subdue, and Eng. " tame ")
dominus, a See also:
LORD
LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)
lord) , the See also:

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TERM

term for the keep of a See also:

MEDIEVAL

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castle, used now in distinction to " See also:

DUNGEON

dungeon " (q.v.), the See also:

PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison, which is only an anglicized spelling (see also KEEP) .

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