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| the inside part of a building, considered as a whole from the point of view of artistic design or general effect and convenience |
| the front of a building, esp. an imposing or decorative one; any side of a building facing a public way or space and finished accordingly |
1300–50; Middle English pinacle < Middle French < Late Latin pinnāculum gable, equivalent to Latin pinn(a) raised part of a parapet, literally, wing, feather (see pinna) + -āculum; see tabernacle
2. apex, acme, summit, zenith. 3. needle.
2. base.
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- This is the pinnacle of his career and he won't win another major.
- Surely, we have now reached the pinnacle of human communication.
- The Olympics are the pinnacle, and skaters devote their entire lives to those two weeks.
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pinnacle
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Pinnacle definition
a little wing, (Matt. 4:5; Luke 4:9). On the southern side of the temple court was a range of porches or cloisters forming three arcades. At the south-eastern corner the roof of this cloister was some 300 feet above the Kidron valley. The pinnacle, some parapet or wing-like projection, was above this roof, and hence at a great height, probably 350 feet or more above the valley.
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pinnacle
in architecture, vertical ornament of pyramidal or conical shape, crowning a buttress, spire, or other architectural member. A pinnacle is distinguished from a finial by its greater size and complexity and from a tower or spire by its smaller size and subordinate architectural role. A tower may be decorated with pinnacles, each one capped by a finial.
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