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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 416 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DONJON (from a
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Late
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Lat.
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accusative
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form domnionem, connected with domnus or
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dominus, a
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lord) , the
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French
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term for the keep of a
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medieval
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castle, used now in distinction to "
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dungeon " (q.v.), the
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prison, which is only an anglicized spelling (see also KEEP) .

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