steeple
noun
an ornamental construction, usually ending in a spire, erected on a roof or tower of a church, public building, etc.
Example Sentences
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That, at least, felt like home for the hundreds of thousands of Protestant middle Americans who migrated to L.A. and, in the land of Spanish missions, built themselves white clapboard New England-style steepled churches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2023
Greene County is carpeted with hundreds of evangelical churches that range from steepled 19th-century edifices to back-roads barns.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2021
Perhaps it is just a single stand of trees, straight-trunked with steepled boughs, prickly needles and oblong cones, seen but unnoticed, hidden in plain sight.
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2021
He fiddled with his tie, steepled his hands, grimaced, and glanced down at his phone.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2018
He leans back in his chair, his fingers still steepled.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
