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steeple

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steeple
1. a tall ornamental tower that forms the superstructure of a church, temple, etc.
2. such a tower with the spire above it
steeple [′stē·pəl]
(architecture)
A tall, tapering structure atop a church tower.
steeple
A tall ornamental structure; a tower, composed of a series of stories diminishing in size, and topped by a small pyramid, spire, or cupola.
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This derivative, to say the truth, is still countenanced by some traces of the electric fluid evident on the summit of the steeple of the House of the Town-Council.
The Devil in the Belfry by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
In their midst the central steeple towers proudly up like the mainmast of some great Indiaman among a fleet of coasters.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
And the people - ah, the people - They that dwell up in the steeple, All alone, And who, tolling, tolling, tolling, In that muffled monotone, Feel a glory in so rolling On the human heart a stone - They are neither man nor woman - They are neither brute nor human - They are Ghouls: - And their king it is who tolls: - And he rolls, rolls, rolls, rolls, Rolls
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