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steeple

[ stee-puhl ]

noun

  1. an ornamental construction, usually ending in a spire, erected on a roof or tower of a church, public building, etc.
  2. a tower terminating in such a construction.
  3. (loosely) a spire.


verb (used with object)

, stee·pled, stee·pling.
  1. to provide with or form into a steeple or steeplelike configuration.

steeple

/ ˈstiːpəl /

noun

  1. a tall ornamental tower that forms the superstructure of a church, temple, etc
  2. such a tower with the spire above it
  3. any spire or pointed structure
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈsteepled, adjective
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Other Words From

  • steepled adjective
  • steeple·less adjective
  • steeple·like adjective
  • un·steepled adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of steeple1

before 1000; Middle English stepel steeple, tower, Old English stēpel tower. See steep 1, -le
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Word History and Origins

Origin of steeple1

Old English stēpel; see steep 1
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Example Sentences

About a century later, the sport was adapted for purely human use in Britain, with athletes running from town to town, steeple to steeple, while surmounting the obstacles without the assistance of a horse.

There were creeks for fresh water and floodwrack for firewood and the woods so thick you could practically sleep within sight of a church steeple or police station and no one would know.

The tallest building in the town where I grew up might have been three stories—the church steeple probably was the tallest thing.

From the top of the Church steeple, the highest point in this prefabricated settlement, I could only gawk at the carnage below.

Note to Wall Street tourists: If you need to pee, look for the steeple.

They walked along the track, picking out a church steeple here and there, forgetting for a moment the object of their search.

Before mounting to his bed in the steeple, he went to offer a pious prayer to the Lady of Le Puy.

It has a very churchly look, and if the steeple were at the other end, it would be equally orthodox.

The original design includes a beautiful steeple, surmounted with pinnacles; but want of funds precludes its erection.

It is near the western edge of the village of Greenough, the gilt cupola of whose eminent steeple is noted by far-passing ships.

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