campanile
noun
a bell tower, especially one freestanding from the body of a church.
campanili
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pluralof campanile.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Neither at Ravenna nor at Rome did bell-towers originally form part of the plan of the basilica: the round campanili of both churches at Ravenna are certainly later additions.
From The Ground Plan of the English Parish Church by A. Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton) Thompson
The background of the scene is filled up by a semicircle of well-wooded hills, verdant with vines, fig, orange, olive and pomegranate trees, and sparkling with white country-seats, convents, and campanili.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 88, April, 1875 by Various
The campanili are in plain masonry, the storeys being suggested only by blind arches or windows, there being neither pilaster strips nor string-courses.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
The Romanesque church of S. Abondio outside the town was founded in 1013 and consecrated in 1095; it has two fine campanili, placed at the ends of the aisles close to the apse.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various
As pink dawn blossomed in the sky, like a heavenly orchard, and the mountain tops were beaten into copper, we glided along the edge of the lake, past picturesque villages and campanili, and cypress trees.
From The Princess Passes by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
