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Thursday, October 31st, 2024
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
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Castle
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CASTLE, n.
1. A house fortified for defense against an enemy a fortress. The term seems to include the house and the walls or other works around it. In old writers, the word is used for a town or village fortified.
2. The house or mansion of a nobleman or prince.
3. In a ship, there are two parts called by this name the forecastle, a short deck in the fore part of the ship, above the upper deck and the hindcastle, at the stern.
Castle in the air, a visionary project a scheme that has no solid foundation.
CASTLE, In the game of chess, to cover the king with a castle, by a certain move.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Castle'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​c/castle.html.
Entry for 'Castle'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​c/castle.html.