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steple

steple is the obsolete form of steeple.

Meaning of steeple

Noun

steeple (plural steeples)

  1. A tall tower, often on a church, normally topped with a spire.
    • Above the session-room of the Council is the steeple, and in the steeple is the belfry, where exists, and has existed time out of mind, the pride and wonder of the village—the great clock of the borough of Vondervotteimittiss.1839, Edgar Allan Poe, The Devil in the Belfry
  2. A spire.
  3. (historical) A high headdress of the 14th century.

See all 6 meanings of steeple

Forms of steple

pluralsteples

Questions about steple

What is steple the obsolete form of?
Steple is the obsolete form of steeple.

Words near steple in the dictionary

  1. Stepinskis
  2. stepkid
  3. stepkids
  4. stepladder
  5. stepladders
  6. steple
  7. steplength
  8. steplengths
  9. steples
  10. stepless
  11. steplessly

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