steeple
noun
an ornamental construction, usually ending in a spire, erected on a roof or tower of a church, public building, etc.
steepleless
-
a word derived from
steeple.
Example Sentences
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The little steepleless church loomed up before them, and Endicott glanced at his watch: "Four o'clock," he announced, "I wonder if Colston is waiting?"
From Prairie Flowers by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
The humble village of Litchfield, with its steepleless meeting-house, stood on the opposite or east bank, near where a dense grove of willows backed by maples skirted the shore.
From A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Henry David Thoreau
