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Preserved but no longer current.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.
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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