English · Idiom Historical

Doubting Castle

Preserved but no longer current.

Meaning · English

The castle of the giant Despair, in which Christian and Hopeful were

Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)

Sources & notes

Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.

Topics: Historical slang (1800s)

Common questions

What does “Doubting Castle” mean?

The castle of the giant Despair, in which Christian and Hopeful were

Is “Doubting Castle” formal or informal?

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