Etymology: [ 'd&n-j&n ] (noun.) 14th century. From Middle English dungeo(u)n, dungun (“castle keep, prison cell below the castle, dungeon”), from Old French donjon (“castle keep”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *dungjo (“prison, dungeon, underground cellar”), from Proto-Germanic *dungjō(n), *dungō (“enclosed space, vault, bower, treasury”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhengh- (“to cover”). Cognate with Old English dung (“prison, dungeon”), Old Saxon dung (“underground cellar”), Old High German tung (“underground cellar”), Old Norse dyngja (“a lady's bower”). More at dung.
The main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon, An underground prison or vault, typically built underneath a castle, An area linked to the overworld that is inhabited by enemies, containing story objectives, treasure and bosses, A close, dark prison, common&?;, under ground, as if the lower apartments of the donjon or keep of a castle, these being used as prisons, To shut up in a dungeon, A term derived from an old part of medieval castels, the "donjon" It was the most fortified and therefor hardest to reach portion of the castle: a tower with walls several yards thick containing everything needed to withstand even the longest sieges In role-playing games, dungeons are not only prisons or cell complexes (as in the modern meaning of the word), but generally any (mostly subterranean) remote or closed system of rooms which the characters can explore, the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress, A dungeon is a dark underground prison in a castle. a dark underground prison, especially under a castle, that was used in the past (donjon , from dominus ), a dark cell (usually underground) where prisoners can be confined, The jail, usually found in one of the towers, different from the ordinary prison in being more severe as a place of punishment Like the Roman inner prison (Acts 16:24), it consisted of a deep cell or cistern (Jer 38:6) To be shut up in, a punishment common in Egypt (Gen 39:20; 40:3; 41:10; 42:19) It is not mentioned, however, in the law of Moses as a mode of punishment Under the later kings imprisonment was frequently used as a punishment (2 Chron 16:10; Jer 20:2; 32:2; 33:1; 37:15), and it was customary after the Exile (Matt 11:2; Luke 3:20; Acts 5:18, 21; Matt 18:30), Ratier The jail, usually found in one of the towers Often built as a pit entered only via a grill in its roof Often foul, damp and airless, keep of a castle; underground prison, vault, cell, plural of dungeon,
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The main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon
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An underground prison or vault, typically built underneath a castle
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An area linked to the overworld that is inhabited by enemies, containing story objectives, treasure and bosses
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A close, dark prison, common&?;, under ground, as if the lower apartments of the donjon or keep of a castle, these being used as prisons
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To shut up in a dungeon
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A term derived from an old part of medieval castels, the "donjon" It was the most fortified and therefor hardest to reach portion of the castle: a tower with walls several yards thick containing everything needed to withstand even the longest sieges In role-playing games, dungeons are not only prisons or cell complexes (as in the modern meaning of the word), but generally any (mostly subterranean) remote or closed system of rooms which the characters can explore
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the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress
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A dungeon is a dark underground prison in a castle. a dark underground prison, especially under a castle, that was used in the past (donjon , from dominus )
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a dark cell (usually underground) where prisoners can be confined
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The jail, usually found in one of the towers
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different from the ordinary prison in being more severe as a place of punishment Like the Roman inner prison (Acts 16:24), it consisted of a deep cell or cistern (Jer 38:6) To be shut up in, a punishment common in Egypt (Gen 39:20; 40:3; 41:10; 42:19) It is not mentioned, however, in the law of Moses as a mode of punishment Under the later kings imprisonment was frequently used as a punishment (2 Chron 16:10; Jer 20:2; 32:2; 33:1; 37:15), and it was customary after the Exile (Matt 11:2; Luke 3:20; Acts 5:18, 21; Matt 18:30)
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Ratier The jail, usually found in one of the towers Often built as a pit entered only via a grill in its roof Often foul, damp and airless
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keep of a castle; underground prison, vault, cell isim
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