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Definition of Strongholds
1. stronghold [n] - See also: stronghold
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strongholds
Literary usage of Strongholds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Prehistoric Man: Researches Into the Origin of Civilisation in the Old and by Daniel Wilson (1865)
"... RACE—SEATS OF ANCIENT POPULATION—DIFFERENT CLASSES OF WORKS— ANCIENT
Strongholds—PORT HILL, ... courts of justice, hospitals, or criminal strongholds. ..."
2. The South in the Building of the Nation: A History of the Southern States by Walter Lynwood Fleming (1909)
"Federation Retained Strongholds in South. But it must not be inferred that the
... On the contrary, there continued to be strongholds of Federalism in the ..."
3. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1898)
"... its suppression in England caused strongholds to be built upon the Continent
and in New England; ..."
4. Journal of the British Archaeological Association by British Archaeological Association (1906)
"T various meetings of this Association it has been my privilege to say something
about the remains of ancient strongholds in the districts visited, ..."
5. My Impressions of America by Charles Wagner (1906)
"XLII AMERICA'S Strongholds THESE strongholds contain neither guns nor ammunition,
and yet within them lie the strength and authority of America ..."
6. My Impressions of America by Charles Wagner (1906)
"XLII AMERICA'S Strongholds THESE strongholds contain neither guns nor ammunition,
and yet within them lie the strength and authority of America, ..."
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