stee|ple

stee|ple
stee|ple «STEE puhl», noun.
1. a high tower on a church, temple, or other public building. Steeples usually have spires and often contain bells. »

... spire steeples…point as with silent finger to the sky (Samuel Taylor Coleridge).

2. a spire on the top of the tower or roof of a church or similar building.
[Old English stēpel, related to stēap steep1]
stee´ple|like´, adjective.

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