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Comfortress
Comfortress Com"fort*ress, n. A woman who comforts. To be your comfortress, and to preserve you. --B. Jonson.
Fortress
Fortress For"tress, n.; pl. Fortresses. [F. forteresse, OF. forteresce, fortelesce, LL. foralitia, fr. L. fortis strong. See Fort, and cf. Fortalice.] A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; a fort; a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security. Syn: Fortress, Fortification, Castle, Citadel. Usage: A fortress is constructed for military purposes only, and is permanently garrisoned; a fortification is built to defend harbors, cities, etc.; a castle is a fortress of early times which was ordinarily a palatial dwelling; a citadel is the stronghold of a fortress or city, etc.
Fortress
Fortress For"tress, v. t. To furnish with a fortress or with fortresses; to guard; to fortify. --Shak.
Fortresses
Fortress For"tress, n.; pl. Fortresses. [F. forteresse, OF. forteresce, fortelesce, LL. foralitia, fr. L. fortis strong. See Fort, and cf. Fortalice.] A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; a fort; a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security. Syn: Fortress, Fortification, Castle, Citadel. Usage: A fortress is constructed for military purposes only, and is permanently garrisoned; a fortification is built to defend harbors, cities, etc.; a castle is a fortress of early times which was ordinarily a palatial dwelling; a citadel is the stronghold of a fortress or city, etc.

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- The Belgrade Fortress (Serbian Cyrillic: Београдска тврђава, romanized: Beogradska tvrđava, Hungarian: Nándorfehérvár), consists of the old citadel (Upper...
- and Ottoman rule was restored. After Skanderbeg's rebellion in 1443 the fortres withstood three m****ive sieges from the Turks respectively in 1450, 1466...
- (2015). James and Paul: The Politics of Identity at the Turn of the Ages. Fortres Press. pp. 3–31. ISBN 978-1-4514-8213-3. Galatians 1:18–2:10 1 Corinthians...
- Majesco Entertainment announced that it had acquired the game, then titled "Fortres", alongside nine other titles for release on the GBA. The game was given...
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- ESSENTIAL CITY GUIDES. In Your Pocket Guides, n.d. Web. 03 Oct. 2014. "Kerch Fortres." TracesofWar.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Oct. 2014. "Eduard Ivanovich Totleben"...
- soldiers.. In the beginning of 1861, the Dutch commenced an ****ault on the Fortres of Tabaniau, which was previously captured by rebel forces. Even though...
- pp. 134–143 DNB (Notes and Queries, 2nd ser. ix. 221-2) Saunders, A.D. Fortres Builder: Bernard de Gomme, Charles II's Military Enguineer, 2004 New Atlantis...
- executed. Leland reported on a visit to Culham that there was previously a 'fortres or pile, lyke a castle in Andersey'. During the dissolution of Abingdon...
- eylant van Malta, met die schoone victorie teghen den Turck, voor het fortres van Sint Elmo (Leuven, 1565) – news of the failure of the Great Siege of...