A prison or place of confinement; an archaic or literary term for a dungeon or jail.
From Latin carcer meaning 'prison' or 'jail,' related to the root of the English word 'incarcerate.' The term was more common in classical and medieval contexts.
The Latin word 'carcer' gave us several modern words: carceral, incarcerate, and the name of the famous Mamertine Prison in Rome, also called the Carcer Tullianum!
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