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stee⋅ple

  [stee-puhl] noun, verb, -pled, -pling.
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–noun
1. an ornamental construction, usually ending in a spire, erected on a roof or tower of a church, public building, etc.
2. a tower terminating in such a construction.
3. (loosely) a spire.
–verb (used with object)
4. to provide with or form into a steeple or steeplelike configuration.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME stepel steeple, tower, OE stēpel tower. See steep 1 , -le

Related forms:
steepled, adjective
stee⋅ple⋅less, adjective
stee⋅ple⋅like, adjective
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stee·ple   (stē'pəl)   
n.  

  1. A tall tower forming the superstructure of a building, such as a church or temple, and usually surmounted by a spire.

  2. A spire.


[Middle English stepel, from Old English stēpel.]
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Word Origin & History

steeple 
O.E. stepel (Mercian), stiepel (W.Saxon) "high tower" (related to steap "high, lofty"), from P.Gmc. *staupilaz (see steep (adj.)). Steeplechase first recorded 1793 (earlier steeplehunt, 1772), originally a race with a visible church steeple as a goal. Steeplejack "one who climbs steeples, chimneys, etc. to make repairs" is attested from 1881.
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steeple

tall ornamental tower, sometimes a belfry, usually attached to an ecclesiastical or public building. The steeple is usually composed of a series of diminishing stories and is topped by a spire, cupola, or pyramid (qq.v.), although in ordinary usage the term steeple denotes the entire structure

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