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: a tall structure usually having a small spire at the top and surmounting a church tower
broadly
: a whole church tower
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Hardin said he got started as a teenager maintaining communication towers and now specializes in restoring old steeples and domes.
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Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
As bats fly by the building steeple, an unlit Christmas tree covered in cobwebs adorns the stage.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
With its busy harbor and photogenic church steeples, Westport lies at the far end of the three big Rideau Lakes.
—Joe Yogerst, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
Patrick Smith / Getty Images The event evolved in the 1800s as a race between two towns' church steeples that would traverse hedges and streams.
—NBC News, 8 Aug. 2024
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Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
As bats fly by the building steeple, an unlit Christmas tree covered in cobwebs adorns the stage.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
With its busy harbor and photogenic church steeples, Westport lies at the far end of the three big Rideau Lakes.
—Joe Yogerst, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
Patrick Smith / Getty Images The event evolved in the 1800s as a race between two towns' church steeples that would traverse hedges and streams.
—NBC News, 8 Aug. 2024
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“Steeple.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steeple. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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