steeple

IPA: stˈipʌɫ

noun

  • A tall tower, often on a church, normally topped with a spire.
  • A spire.
  • (historical) A high headdress of the 14th century.
  • A hamlet in Steeple with Tyneham parish, Dorset, England, previously in Purbeck district (OS grid ref SY9181).
  • A village and civil parish in Maldon district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL9303).

verb

  • (transitive) To form something into the shape of a steeple.
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Examples of "steeple" in Sentences

  • Installed 1875 in the church steeple.
  • The are warned of the steeple collapse.
  • At the front end is the steeple itself.
  • In the distance is the steeple of a church.
  • It's interesting that the steeple is missing.
  • The steeple is accessed via a rough hewn ladder in the anteroom.
  • A steeple is a tall ornamental structure on church or cathedral.
  • In the top of the steeple is the belfry with the fire bell inside.
  • It is between Bole to the north and Sturton le Steeple to the south.
  • The church's steeple acted as a landmark beacon for shippers on the Delaware.
  • The steeple is unusually small in comparison with the main body of the church.
  • On the top of the steeple was a great gilded cross, considerably larger than a man.
  • Our steeple is a prominent symbol, and, it must be said, how well we care for it speaks volumes about who we are.
  • Our steeple is a symbol, one that makes me think of other such symbols, such as the New England favorite, the lighthouse.
  • 'Company of Christ's faithful people,' and that the mere outward building where they were gathered should only be called a steeple-house if it had a steeple, or a meeting-house if it had none.
  • With quaint anglers in steeple-crowned hats, setting forth to fish, or breakfasting under a tree (untrammelled by the formalities of a nursery meal), or bringing their spoils to a wayside inn with a painted fish upon the sign-board, and a hostess in a high hat and a stiff-bustled dress at the door.

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