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IVORY TOWER (1)
IVORY TOWER (1)
ScnMaster
a
place
or
situation
remote from worldly or
practical
affairs
. A
term
coined by a
French
literary critic of the early nineteenth century who
thought
of it as applicable to the aerie (a
house
,
castle
or the like, placed high on a
rock
or mountainside) of a poet, a
place
where he could
retire
from a
world
, a
retreat
.
—
State
of
Man
Congress
Approved Gls (14.5.92)