Meaning of Steeple | Babel Free
ˈstiːpəlDefinitions
- A hamlet in Steeple with Tyneham parish, Dorset, England, previously in Purbeck district (OS grid ref SY9181).
- A tall tower, often on a church, normally topped with a spire.
- A village and civil parish in Maldon district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL9303).
- A spire.
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A high headdress of the 14th century. historical
Equivalents
العربية
برج الكنيسة
Català
campanar
Español
campanario
Euskara
orratz
Gaeilge
spuaic
Magyar
torony
Italiano
campanile
Nederlands
kerktoren
Polski
dzwonnica
Русский
колокольня
Svenska
kyrktorn
Türkçe
kule
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.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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