steeple

[Stee·ple]

A steeple is a very tall tower that gets smaller and smaller as it goes up. Many churches have steeples. Steeples are really tall so people can find the church from anywhere in town.

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A spire; also, the tower and spire taken together; the whole of a structure if the roof is of spire form. See Spire.

Noun
a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top


n.
A spire; also, the tower and spire taken together; the whole of a structure if the roof is of spire form. See Spire.


Steeple

Stee"ple , n. [OE. stepel, AS. st'c7pel, stpel; akin to E. steep, a.] (Arch.) A spire; also, the tower and spire taken together; the whole of a structure if the roof is of spire form. See Spire. "A weathercock on a steeple." Shak. Rood steeple. See Rood tower, under Rood. -- Steeple bush (Bot.), a low shrub (Spir'91a tomentosa) having dense panicles of minute rose-colored flowers; hardhack. -- Steeple chase, a race across country between a number of horsemen, to see which can first reach some distant object, as a church steeple; hence, a race over a prescribed course obstructed by such obstacles as one meets in riding across country, as hedges, walls, etc. -- Steeple chaser, one who rides in a steeple chase; also, a horse trained to run in a steeple chase. -- Steeple engine, a vertical back-acting steam engine having the cylinder beneath the crosshead. -- Steeple house, a church. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

A spire; also, the tower and spire taken together; the whole of a structure if the roof is of spire form. See Spire.

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