See castellate on Wiktionary
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with historical senses",
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with rare senses"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1809, William Bawdwen translating the Domesday Book, p. 230",
"text": "In the Castellate of Roger of Poictou..."
}
],
"glosses": [
"The district of a castle."
],
"links": [
[
"district",
"district"
],
[
"castle",
"castle"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(historical, rare, obsolete) The district of a castle."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "castellany"
},
{
"word": "castlery"
}
],
"tags": [
"historical",
"obsolete",
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkastələt/"
}
],
"word": "castellate"
}
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