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A fortress in or near a fortified city, commanding the city and fortifications, and intended as a final point of defense. Syn. - Stronghold. See Fortress.

The upper part, or the citadel, of a Grecian city; especially, the citadel of Athens.

ridle the passions; to bridle a muse. Addison. Savoy and Nice, the keys of Italy, and the citadel in her hands to bridle Switzerland, are in that consolidation. Burke.

Having columns. Troas and Ilion's columned citadel. Tennyson.

would cover, is said to have cut it into thin strips long enough to inclose a spot for a citadel.

A clear space between a citadel and the nearest houses of the town. Campbell (Mil. Dict. ).

flexively; as, he established himself in a place; the enemy established themselves in the citadel.

Affected with fever or ague; feverish. His heart, love's feverous citadel. Keats.

The citadel of a town or city; especially, the citadel of Moscow, a large inclosure which contains imperial palaces, cathedrals, churches, an arsenal, etc. [Russia]

To report by rumor; to tell. 'T was rumored My father 'scaped from out the citadel. Dryden.

environment. "The suburbs . . . of sorrow." Jer. Taylor. The suburb of their straw-built citadel. Milton. Suburb roister, a rowdy; a loafer. [Obs.] Milton.

A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense. Thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. Ps. lxi. 3.

To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float. And now the shouts waft near the citadel. Dryden.

glass, and capable of being opened and shut at pleasure. I leaped from the window of the citadel. Shak. Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow. Milton.