citadel
noun
a fortress that commands a city and is used in the control of the inhabitants and in defense during attack or siege.
citadels
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pluralof citadel.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Public buildings such as bathhouses were quite large, as were the protective city walls and citadels.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Lebanon has five other sites on UNESCO's World Heritage list, most of them citadels and ancient temples.
From Reuters ● Feb. 5, 2023
I think the retreat from the Lost Cause has also meant a kind of raising of new citadels around the idea of the nation.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2021
Ralph Peters, described cities of today as “the post-modern equivalent of jungles and mountains — citadels of the dispossessed and irreconcilable.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 4, 2020
Now a few affluent evangelicals are directing their attention and money at some of the tallest citadels of the secular elite: Ivy League universities.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
