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steeplehouse

steeplehouse noun: a church (building).

Noun

steeplehouse (plural steeplehouses)

  1. A church (building).
    • In this Yeare (1659) Mary Akehurst, the Wife of Ralph Akehurst, of the Cliff, Neare Lewis, Beeing moved to goe to St Michals' Steeplehouse (soe called), where an Independent priest was speaking, she, for Asking him a question, was by people Haled out, and then sent for her aforesaid Husband, who...1864, “The Sufferings of the Quakers in Lewes”, in Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of the County, Volume 16, page 76
    • When we came into the town to bait, the bells rang. I asked what they rang for, and they said for me to preach in the steeplehouse. After some time I felt drawings that way; and as I walked to the steeplehouse, I saw the people were gathered together in the yard. The priest would have had me go...1865, The “Friend” in His Family, page 230

Examples of steeplehouse in a sentence

  • I asked what they rang for, and they said for me to preach in the steeplehouse.1865, The “Friend” in His Family, page 230:
  • When the people went to the steeplehouse, I took my Bible under my arm, and went to Justice Corbet's house to let him see I was going.1897, Samuel Harris Fox, Edwin Tregelles, The Hat Crusade - Volume 3, page 166:

Forms of steeplehouse

pluralsteeplehouses

Origin of steeplehouse

From steeple + house. First attested in 1644, in the writing of Francis Quarles.

Questions about steeplehouse

What does steeplehouse mean?
Steeplehouse means a church (building).
How do you use steeplehouse in a sentence?
I asked what they rang for, and they said for me to preach in the steeplehouse.
What part of speech is steeplehouse?
Steeplehouse is a noun.
What is the plural of steeplehouse?
The plural of steeplehouse is steeplehouses.

Words near steeplehouse in the dictionary

  1. steeplechasers
  2. steeplechases
  3. steeplechasing
  4. steeplechasings
  5. steepled
  6. steeplehouse
  7. steeplehouses
  8. steeplejack
  9. steeplejacks
  10. steeplekeeper
  11. steeplekeepers

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