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
With five minutes to spare, I arrived at the Park Theater off Main Street, right across from the steeples of Hope College.
Milk Screenwriter Battles a Gay-Bashing College | Dustin Lance Black | December 20, 2009 | THE DAILY BEASTThe weather is so bright that I can count its towers and steeples, and it seems, as it were, painted on the slope of the hill.
The 'Characters' of Jean de La Bruyre | Jean de La BruyreThere are two churches, the magnificence of whose steeples form a striking contrast to the miserable appearance of the houses.
The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume II (of 3) | Elliott CouesChristmas, too, closed, and the steeples no longer jangled forth a dissonant peal.
Peveril of the Peak | Sir Walter ScottA few years more and the steeples will stop hesitating and tottering in the sight of all the people.
The Voice of the Machines | Gerald Stanley Lee
Their Gothic towers and steeples rose clean and pure to the soft blue of the London sky, unfouled with coal smoke.
Milton's England | Lucia Ames Mead
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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