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POSTERN (from 0. Fr. posterne, posterle, Late Lat. posterula, small back-door, posterus, behind)

POSTERN (from 0. Fr. posterne, posterle, See also:
LATE
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LAT
Lat. posterula, small back-See also:
DOOR (corresponding to the Gr. Bbpa,. Lat. fores or valvae; the English word, with other forms common in allied languages, comes from the same Indo-European stem as the Gr. Obpa and Lat. fares)
door, posterus, behind) , a small gateway in the See also:

ENCEINTE (Lat. in, within, cinctus, girdled; to be distinguished from the word meaning " pregnant," from in, not, and cinctus, i.e. with girdle loosened)

enceinte of a See also:

castle, See also:

abbey, &c., from which to issue and enter unobserved .

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