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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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The nest boxes can be placed in a variety of structures, including barns, silos, granaries, grain elevators, and church steeples, or mounted on a free-standing pole.
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Sarah Bowman, IndyStar, 15 Dec. 2025
Adams mentions one customer who collects only churches, creating an entire village of steeples and bell towers.
—Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2025
Jeffress said the design includes a larger steeple like the 1908 version.
—Julia Falcon, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
Historic downtown Mystic looks every part a New England village: pretty clapboard homes and storefronts, colonial-era steeples, and old sea captains’ residences.
—Sarah Buder, AFAR Media, 2 Oct. 2025
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Sarah Bowman, IndyStar, 15 Dec. 2025
Adams mentions one customer who collects only churches, creating an entire village of steeples and bell towers.
—Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2025
Jeffress said the design includes a larger steeple like the 1908 version.
—Julia Falcon, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
Historic downtown Mystic looks every part a New England village: pretty clapboard homes and storefronts, colonial-era steeples, and old sea captains’ residences.
—Sarah Buder, AFAR Media, 2 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for steeple
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“Steeple.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steeple. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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