Steeple

Definitions

1. A hamlet in Steeple with Tyneham parish, Dorset, England, previously in Purbeck district (OS grid ref SY9181).
2. A tall tower, often on a church, normally topped with a spire.
3. A village and civil parish in Maldon district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL9303).
4. A spire.
5. A high headdress of the 14th century.
   historical

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Examples

“Above the session-room of the Council is the steeple, and in the steeple is the belfry, where exists, and has existed time out of mind⟳, the pride and wonder⟳ of the village—the great clock of the borough of Vondervotteimittiss.”

“So, the woman and the child had gone by, and gone on, and five had sounded from the steeples.”

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