noun
steeple
STEE-puhl
noun
1
A tall, pointed tower on a building, especially a church, usually topped with a spire.
"The village church's steeple could be seen from miles away."
How to Use Steeple
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe pointed tower on top of a church or similar building.
Common pairings
church steeple
towering steeple
Word Forms
steepled past tense, steeples plural, steeples singular
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Etymology
From Old English stiepel, "tower," related to steep — likely from the sense of something rising sharply upward.