2. Verb. (third-person singular of steeple) ¹
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Definition of Steeples
1. steeple [n] - See also: steeple
Lexicographical Neighbors of Steeples
Literary usage of Steeples
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1880)
"... for beauty's sake, the towers and spires still s Unding. the great fire, he
designed the steeples of his various churches to harmonize with his great ..."
2. Old Church Lore by William Andrews (1891)
"acrobats on steeples. N bygone times, the public were often entertained by the
performances of acrobats on church steeples. We gather, from the brief ..."
3. The Mathematical Principles of Mechanical Philosophy and Their Application by John Henry Pratt (1842)
"The pyramids, which form the steeples of Gothic architecture, ... The enormous
weight of these steeples is supported by very pointed arches, which spring ..."
4. A History of Architectural Development by Frederick Moore Simpson (1911)
"Wren is stated to have designed, for London alone, thirty spires or steeples,
eleven of stone, the rest of timber covered with lead; and in addition more ..."
5. Rome, Ancient and Modern, and Its Environs by Jeremiah Donovan (1842)
"S. Paul's outside the walls , the under part of which is of the IV. century ;
and after it come the steeples of S. Mary in Cosmedin, S. Maria Nuova , SS. ..."
6. The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle (1867)
"THE steeples AT MIDNIGHT. FOE, in truth, the Insurrection is just about ripe.
Thursday is the ninth of the month of August: if Forfeiture be not pro- ..."
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