steeple
an ornamental construction, usually ending in a spire, erected on a roof or tower of a church, public building, etc.
a tower terminating in such a construction.
(loosely) a spire.
to provide with or form into a steeple or steeplelike configuration.
Origin of steeple
1Other words from steeple
- steepled, adjective
- stee·ple·less, adjective
- stee·ple·like, adjective
- un·stee·pled, adjective
Words that may be confused with steeple
- spire, steeple
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How to use steeple in a sentence
As we neared the provincial city we saw the steepled mass of the cathedral, long and high, rise far into the cloud-freckled blue.
The mud-wooden Caesters and Chesters had become steepled, tile-roofed, compact towns.
Val d'Arno | John RuskinAn old banner hung out from a quaint steepled building; but it was unlike any of modern times, national or provincial.
ZigZag Journeys in Northern Lands; | Hezekiah ButterworthA Turkish mosque contrasted its splendid dome with the pillared Roman temple and the steepled Gothic church.
Blood and Iron | John Hubert GreuselThe square-fronted stores, the steepled churches, the neat residences, rows of trees planted along either side of the streets.
In to the Yukon | William Seymour Edwards
British Dictionary definitions for steeple
/ (ˈstiːpəl) /
a tall ornamental tower that forms the superstructure of a church, temple, etc
such a tower with the spire above it
any spire or pointed structure
Origin of steeple
1Derived forms of steeple
- steepled, adjective
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