Both Uses of
citadel
in
The Age of Innocence
- Now she was eagerly curious to know what had decided the Beauforts to invite (for the first time) Mrs. Lemuel Struthers, the widow of Struthers's Shoe-polish, who had returned the previous year from a long initiatory sojourn in Europe to lay siege to the tight little citadel of New York.†
Chpt 4 *
- There was always a traitor in the citadel; and after he (or generally she) had surrendered the keys, what was the use of pretending that it was impregnable?†
Chpt 26
Definition:
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(citadel) a stronghold or fortress