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Definition of Fortresslike
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fortresslike
Literary usage of Fortresslike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The fortresslike character of the church buildings, the sharp expression of the
constructive forms, the squatty appearance of the domes, the bare grouping ..."
2. Medieval Art: From the Peace of the Church to the Eve of the Renaissance by William Richard Lethaby (1904)
"The masonry is squared, but the face has a fortresslike roughness. The windows
are of white marble and very beautiful, ..."
3. Medieval and Modern Times: An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by James Harvey Robinson (1919)
"It shows how fortresslike the lower portions of a Florentine palace were, in
order to protect the owner from attack higher degree of perfection in the arts ..."
4. Outlines of European History by James Harvey Robinson, James Henry Breasted, Charles Austin Beard (1914)
"It shows how fortresslike the lower portions of a Florentine palace were, in
order to protect the owner from attack ..."
5. How France Built Her Cathedrals: A Study in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly (1921)
"Few architectural views in France surpass the stark majesty of the fortresslike
church built by the Conqueror, as it appears from across the town, ..."
6. Spanish Highways and Byways by Katharine Lee Bates (1900)
"... many a clinking tread had worn and to touch on either side, with their extended
hands, the fortresslike houses built of heavy stone and dimly emblazoned ..."
7. Essentials in English History: (from the Earliest Records to the Present Day) by Albert Perry Walker, Albert Bushnell Hart (1905)
"The wealthy were no longer content to dwell in the huge barnlike or fortresslike
structures of the Middle Ages; and for comfort, beauty, and luxury, ..."
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