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Meaning of Steeple | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈstiːpəl

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

Equivalents

العربية برج الكنيسة
Bosanski kula кула
Català campanar
Español campanario
Euskara orratz
Français clocher steeple
Gaeilge spuaic
Hrvatski kula кула
Magyar torony
Italiano campanile
日本語 尖塔
Nederlands kerktoren
Polski dzwonnica
Română clopotniță turlă
Русский колокольня
Српски kula кула
Svenska kyrktorn
Türkçe kule
Українська дзвіниця шпиль

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
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