What does steeple mean?
Definitions for steeple
ˈsti pəlsteeple
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Princeton's WordNet
steeple, spirenoun
a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
Wiktionary
steeplenoun
A tall tower, often on a church, normally topped with a spire.
steeplenoun
A spire.
steepleverb
To form something into the shape of a steeple.
He steepled his fingers as he considered the question.
Etymology: stepel from stipel, stypel, stepel, akin to Old English steap.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
STEEPLEnoun
A turret of a church generally furnished with bells. A spire.
Etymology: steopl, stypel , Saxon.
Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks; rage, blow!
You cataracts and hurricanoes spout
Till you have drench’d our steeples, drown’d the cocks. William Shakespeare.What was found in many places, and preached for wheat fallen on the ground from the clouds, was but the seed of ivyberries, and though found in steeples or high places, might be conveyed thither or muted by birds. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.
A raven I saw yesterday steeple-high, just over your house. Roger L'Estrange.
They, far from steeples and their sacred sound,
In fields their sullen conventicles found. Dryden.
Wikipedia
Steeple
In architecture, a steeple is a tall tower on a building, topped by a spire and often incorporating a belfry and other components. Steeples are very common on Christian churches and cathedrals and the use of the term generally connotes a religious structure. They might be stand-alone structures, or incorporated into the entrance or center of the building.
ChatGPT
steeple
A steeple is a tall, pointed tower or spire on the roof of a church, cathedral, or other religious building, often capped by a cross or other religious symbol.
Webster Dictionary
Steeplenoun
a spire; also, the tower and spire taken together; the whole of a structure if the roof is of spire form. See Spire
Etymology: [OE. stepel, AS. stpel, stpel; akin to E. steep, a.]
Wikidata
Steeple
A steeple, in architecture, is a tall tower on a building, topped by a spire and often incorporating a belfry and other components. Steeples are very common on Christian churches and cathedrals and the use of the term generally connotes a religious structure. They may be stand-alone structures, or incorporated into the entrance or center of the building.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Steeple
stēp′l, n. a tower of a church or building, ending in a point: the high head-dress of the 14th century.—adj. Steep′led, furnished with a steeple: adorned with, or as with, steeples or towers.—ns. Steep′le-hat, a high and narrow-crowned hat; Steep′le-house, an old Quaker name for the building in which believers meet for worship; Steep′lejack, one who climbs steeples and chimney-stalks to make repairs. [A.S. stýpel, stepel—steáp, steep.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of steeple in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of steeple in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of steeple in a Sentence
I still say a church steeple with a lightening rod on top shows a lack of confidence.
I get some amazing photos with it, with a drone, you can hover three feet above the steeple and get a picture you can't get any other way.
No such structure was known to be left behind due to the height issue -- if it had a steeple -- as well as the floating wood issue.
The fire damage is pretty much confined to the steeple, but there is a fair amount of water damage throughout the church underneath the steeple.
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