Meaning

3 senses
  1. A tall tower, often on a church, normally topped with a spire.

    Kirchturm

    колоко́льняkolokólʹnja

    дзвіни́цяdzvinýcja

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

  2. A spire.

  3. (historical)A high headdress of the 14th century.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. The church's steeple is beginning to crumble with age.

    deDer Kirchturm der Kirche beginnt mit dem Alter zu bröckeln.

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  2. Church steeples - overturned funnels to lead prayers to heaven.

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  3. What's the name of the church there with the crooked steeple?

    deWie heißt die Kirche mit dem schiefen Turmhelm dort?

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  4. The church steeples loomed overhead.

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  5. The steeple of the cathedral of Seville used to be a minaret.

    deDer Turm von Sevillas Kathedrale war einst ein Minarett.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a tall tower, often on a church:
Русский
By meaning 1
a tall tower, often on a church:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a tall tower, often on a church:

Origin

From Middle English stepel, from Old English stīpel, stȳpel, stīepel (“tower, steeple”), f

From Middle English stepel, from Old English stīpel, stȳpel, stīepel (“tower, steeple”), from Proto-West Germanic *staupil, from Proto-Germanic *staupilaz (“that which is steep, tower, steeple”), equivalent to steep + -le. Cognate with Old Norse stǫpull (“tower, steeple”).

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Forms

plural: steeples
Singularsteeple
Pluralsteeples

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top:spire

Word family

14 related words

See also

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