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Certainly there are Carolingian cases of rebels 'castles being demolished, but these aren't adulterine castles in the later English sense, these are just castles that were in the wrong hands.— A Corner of Tenth-Century Europe
957] The Kabyls put to death all children who are illegitimate, incestuous, or adulterine.— Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals
He sent Stephen's mercenaries over the sea and completed the destruction of the 'adulterine castles.'— A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII
The "adulterine" castles were destroyed, not quite so rapidly as Henry desired, but still with some energy.— The History of England from the Norman Conquest to the Death of John (1066-1216)
Castles; royal; adulterine;— The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377)

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