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Dungeon

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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the prison in a castle keep, so called because the Norman name for the latter is donjon, and the dungeons or prisons are generally in its lowest storey. (See KEEP.)

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Dungeon'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​d/dungeon.html. 1910.
 
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