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Definition of Bastilles
1. bastille [n] - See also: bastille
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bastilles
Literary usage of Bastilles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Tour in Ireland;: With Meditations and Reflections. by James Johnson (1844)
"... and free exercise of their profession—MENDICANCY—over confinement in bastilles.
The disposition of the Irish people to supply the wants of the beggars, ..."
2. The History of France from the Earliest Times to 1848 by Robert Black, Witt (Henriette Elizabeth), Guizot (François) (1884)
"Men-at-arms and burgesses all demanded that the attack upon the English bastilles
should be resumed; but the next day, the 5th of May, was Ascension-day. ..."
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