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a stronghold or fortress
- A strong citadel it was indeed, and not to be taken by a host of enemies, if there were any within that could hold weapons; unless...5.1 — Book 5 Chapter 1 — Minas Tirith (20% in)
citadel = fortress
- But the gates were not set in a line: the Great Gate in the City Wall was at the east point of the circuit, but the next faced half south, and the third half north, and so to and fro upwards; so that the paved way that climbed towards the Citadel turned first this way and then that across the face of the hill.5.1 — Book 5 Chapter 1 — Minas Tirith (19% in)
- Up it rose, even to the level of the topmost circle, and there was crowned by a battlement; so that those in the Citadel might, like mariners in a mountainous ship, look from its peak sheer down upon the Gate seven hundred feet below.5.1 — Book 5 Chapter 1 — Minas Tirith (20% in)
- The entrance to the Citadel also looked eastward, but was delved in the heart of the rock; thence a long lamp-lit slope ran up to the seventh gate.5.1 — Book 5 Chapter 1 — Minas Tirith (20% in)
- Gandalf dismounted, for no horse was allowed in the Citadel, and Shadowfax suffered himself to be led away at the soft word of his master.5.1 — Book 5 Chapter 1 — Minas Tirith (23% in)
- This was the livery of the heirs of Elendil, and none wore it now in all Gondor, save the Guards of the Citadel before the Court of the Fountain where the White Tree once had grown.5.1 — Book 5 Chapter 1 — Minas Tirith (24% in)
- After several turns they came to a house close to the wall of the citadel upon the north side, not far from the shoulder that linked the hill with the mountain.5.1 — Book 5 Chapter 1 — Minas Tirith (46% in)
- With that Gandalf went out; and as he did so, there came the note of a clear sweet bell ringing in a tower of the citadel.5.1 — Book 5 Chapter 1 — Minas Tirith (52% in)
- Presently he noticed a man, clad in black and white, coming along the narrow street from the centre of the citadel towards him.5.1 — Book 5 Chapter 1 — Minas Tirith (53% in)
- But you have broken your fast as well as any man in the Citadel, and with greater honour.5.1 — Book 5 Chapter 1 — Minas Tirith (57% in)
- For in the sixth circle, outside the walls of the citadel, there were some fair stables where a few swift horses were kept, hard by the lodgings of the errand-riders of the Lord: messengers always ready to go at the urgent command of Denethor or his chief captains.5.1 — Book 5 Chapter 1 — Minas Tirith (59% in)
- 'And now for our manger,' said Beregond, and he led Pippin back to the citadel, and so to a door in the north side of the great tower.5.1 — Book 5 Chapter 1 — Minas Tirith (61% in)
- The last of them were floating away, just overhead, as wisps of white cloud borne on the stiffening breeze from the East, that was now flapping and tugging the flags and white standards of the citadel.5.1 — Book 5 Chapter 1 — Minas Tirith (65% in)
- So they talked until the sun reached its height, and suddenly the noon-bells were rung, and there was a stir in the citadel; for all save the watchmen were going to their meal.5.1 — Book 5 Chapter 1 — Minas Tirith (79% in)
- Neither office nor rank nor lordship have I, being but a plain man of arms of the Third Company of the Citadel.5.1 — Book 5 Chapter 1 — Minas Tirith (80% in)
- There had already been much talk in the citadel about Mithrandir's companion and his long closeting with the Lord; and rumour declared that a Prince of the Halflings had come out of the North to offer allegiance to Gondor and five thousand swords.5.1 — Book 5 Chapter 1 — Minas Tirith (81% in)
- They parted and Pippin hurried back towards the citadel.5.1 — Book 5 Chapter 1 — Minas Tirith (97% in)
- 'Can you find your way?' said Beregond at the door of the small hall, on the north side of the citadel, where they had sat.5.1 — Book 5 Chapter 1 — Minas Tirith (98% in)
- 'Go to the armouries of the Citadel,' he said, 'and get you there the livery and gear of the Tower.5.4 — Book 5 Chapter 4 — The Siege of Gondor (5% in)
- Together they strolled out to the walls; for Pippin felt imprisoned indoors, and stifled even in the lofty citadel.5.4 — Book 5 Chapter 4 — The Siege of Gondor (8% in)
- Guessing that they would come at once to the Tower and the Steward, he hurried to the entrance of the citadel.5.4 — Book 5 Chapter 4 — The Siege of Gondor (18% in)
- If I had this thing now in the deep vaults of this citadel, we should not then shake with dread under this gloom, fearing the worst, and our counsels would be undisturbed.5.4 — Book 5 Chapter 4 — The Siege of Gondor (34% in)
- It drew now to evening by the hour, and the light was so dim that even far-sighted men upon the Citadel could discern little clearly out upon the fields, save only the burnings that ever multiplied, and the lines of fire that grew in length and speed.5.4 — Book 5 Chapter 4 — The Siege of Gondor (58% in)
- And then a trumpet rang from the Citadel, and Denethor at last released the sortie.5.4 — Book 5 Chapter 4 — The Siege of Gondor (60% in)
- But he did not answer, and they bore him away up the winding road to the Citadel and his father.5.4 — Book 5 Chapter 4 — The Siege of Gondor (64% in)
- Tirelessly he strode from Citadel to Gate, from north to south about the wall; and with him went the Prince of Dol Amroth in his shining mail.5.4 — Book 5 Chapter 4 — The Siege of Gondor (77% in)
- And if they come at last to the Citadel, I hope to be here and stand beside you and earn perhaps the arms that you have given me.5.4 — Book 5 Chapter 4 — The Siege of Gondor (83% in)
- Then they went on through the Citadel gate, where the sentinel stared at them in wonder and dismay as they passed by.5.4 — Book 5 Chapter 4 — The Siege of Gondor (85% in)
- 'The Grey Wanderer or no one, it would seem,' said Pippin, and he sped back and up the winding way as swiftly as his feet would carry him, past the astonished porter, out through the door, and on, till he came near the gate of the Citadel.5.4 — Book 5 Chapter 4 — The Siege of Gondor (89% in)
- Is it not a law in the City that those who wear the black and silver must stay in the Citadel, unless their lord gives them leave?5.7 — Book 5 Chapter 7 — The Pyre of Denethor (4% in)
- They passed on; and as they climbed and drew near to the Citadel they felt the wind blowing in their faces, and they caught the glimmer of morning far away, a light growing in the southern sky.5.7 — Book 5 Chapter 7 — The Pyre of Denethor (16% in)
- At the gate of the Citadel they found no guard.5.7 — Book 5 Chapter 7 — The Pyre of Denethor (17% in)
- They stood not far from the Citadel-gate, in the sixth circle, nigh to its southward wall, and about them was a garden and a greensward with trees, the only such place in the City.5.7 — Book 5 Chapter 7 — The Pyre of Denethor (78% in)
- But you, Beregond, should return to the Citadel and tell the chief of the Guard there what has befallen.5.7 — Book 5 Chapter 7 — The Pyre of Denethor (97% in)
- 'They have gone up into the Citadel,' said Pippin.5.8 — Book 5 Chapter 8 — The Houses of Healing (6% in)
- They turned out of the lane that ran between tall houses and the outer wall of the fourth circle, and they regained the main street climbing up to the Citadel.5.8 — Book 5 Chapter 8 — The Houses of Healing (10% in)
- Then the Prince Imrahil and Eomer of Rohan left him and passed through the City and the tumult of the people, and mounted to the Citadel; and they came to the Hall of the Tower, seeking the Steward.5.8 — Book 5 Chapter 8 — The Houses of Healing (27% in)
- And there at the door were two guards in the livery of the Citadel: one tall, but the other scarce the height of a boy; and when he saw them he cried aloud in surprise and joy.5.8 — Book 5 Chapter 8 — The Houses of Healing (37% in)
- He lies now in great honour in the Citadel of Gondor.5.8 — Book 5 Chapter 8 — The Houses of Healing (78% in)
- Their lord was dead and burned, dead lay the King of Rohan in their citadel, and the new king that had come to them in the night was gone again to a war with powers too dark and terrible for any might or valour to conquer.6.5 — Book 6 Chapter 5 — The Steward and the King (1% in)
- And when the sun rose in the clear morning above the mountains in the East, upon which shadows lay no more, then all the bells rang, and all the banners broke and flowed in the wind; and upon the White Tower of the citadel the standard of the Stewards, bright argent like snow in the sun, bearing no charge nor device, was raised over Gondor for the last time.6.5 — Book 6 Chapter 5 — The Steward and the King (51% in)
- Then forth from the Gate went Faramir with Hurin of the Keys, and no others, save that behind them walked four men in the high helms and armour of the Citadel, and they bore a great casket of black lebethron bound with silver.6.5 — Book 6 Chapter 5 — The Steward and the King (58% in)
- It was shaped like the helms of the Guards of the Citadel, save that it was loftier, and it was all white, and the wings at either side were wrought of pearl and silver in the likeness of the wings of a sea-bird, for it was the emblem of kings who came over the Sea; and seven gems of adamant were set in the circlet, and upon its summit was set a single jewel the light of which went up like a flame.6.5 — Book 6 Chapter 5 — The Steward and the King (63% in)
- And in that moment all the trumpets were blown, and the King Elessar went forth and came to the barrier, and Hurin of the Keys thrust it back; and amid the music of harp and of viol and of flute and the singing of clear voices the King passed through the flower-laden streets, and came to the Citadel, and entered in; and the banner of the Tree and the Stars was unfurled upon the topmost tower, and the reign of King Elessar began, of which many songs have told.6.5 — Book 6 Chapter 5 — The Steward and the King (68% in)
- Nonetheless you must leave the Guard of the Citadel, and you must go forth from the City of Minas Tirith.6.5 — Book 6 Chapter 5 — The Steward and the King (73% in)
- Then Aragorn laid his hand gently to the sapling, and lo! it seemed to hold only lightly to the earth, and it was removed without hurt; and Aragorn bore it back to the Citadel.6.5 — Book 6 Chapter 5 — The Steward and the King (94% in)
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