01 n. A close, dark prison, commonly, under ground, as if the lower apartments of the donjon or keep of a castle, these being used as prisons.
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A close, dark prison, commonly, under ground, as if the lower apartments of the donjon or keep of a castle, these being used as prisons.“Down with him even into the deep dungeon.” — Tyndale.“Year after year he lay patiently in a dungeon.” — Macaulay.