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DUNGEON

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 680 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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DUNGEON , the See also:

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

prison in a See also:

castle keep, so called because the See also:

Norman name for the latter is See also:

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

donjon (q.v.), and the dungeons or prisons (q.v.) are generally in its lowest See also:

STOREY (equivalents are Fr. etage, Ital. piano, Ger. Stock)

storey .

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