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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bastile \Bas*tile"\ Bastille \Bas*tille"\(b[.a]s*t[=e]l" or
     b[.a]s"t[-e]l; 277), n. [F. bastille fortress, OF. bastir to
     build, F. b[^a]tir.]
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     1. (Feud. Fort.) A tower or an elevated work, used for the
        defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place.


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              The high bastiles . . . which overtopped the walls.
                                                    --Holland.
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     2. "The Bastille", formerly a castle or fortress in Paris,
        used as a prison, especially for political offenders;
        hence, a rhetorical name for a prison.
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