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- Steeple - n. - A spire; also, the tower and spire taken together; the whole of a structure if the roof is of spire form. See Spire.
- Steeple-crowned - a. - Bearing a steeple; as, a steeple-crowned building.
- Steeple-crowned - a. - Having a crown shaped like a steeple; as, a steeple-crowned hat; also, wearing a hat with such a crown.
- Steeplechasing - n. - The act of riding steeple chases.
- Steepled - a. - Furnished with, or having the form of, a steeple; adorned with steeples.
- Steeplechasing - n. - The act of riding steeple chases.
- Spire - n. - A tapering body that shoots up or out to a point in a conical or pyramidal form. Specifically (Arch.), the roof of a tower when of a pyramidal form and high in proportion to its width; also, the pyramidal or aspiring termination of a tower which can not be said to have a roof, such as that of Strasburg cathedral; the tapering part of a steeple, or the steeple itself.