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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_179062" /> == | |||
<p> (n.) A spire; also, the tower and spire taken together; the whole of a structure if the roof is of spire form. See Spire. </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_61861" /> == | |||
<p> (stepull), the tower of a church, etc., including any superstructure, such as a spire or lantern, standing upon it. In some districts small churches have the steeples not unfrequently formed of massive wooden framing, standing on the floor, and carried up some little distance above the roof; these are usually at the west end, parted off from the nave by a wooden partition, as at Ipsden and Tetsworth, Oxfordshire. (See [[Belfry]]); (See [[Tower]]). </p> | <p> (stepull), the tower of a church, etc., including any superstructure, such as a spire or lantern, standing upon it. In some districts small churches have the steeples not unfrequently formed of massive wooden framing, standing on the floor, and carried up some little distance above the roof; these are usually at the west end, parted off from the nave by a wooden partition, as at Ipsden and Tetsworth, Oxfordshire. (See [[Belfry]]); (See [[Tower]]). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_179062"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/steeple Steeple from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_61861"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/steeple Steeple from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_61861"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/steeple Steeple from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:31, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n.) A spire; also, the tower and spire taken together; the whole of a structure if the roof is of spire form. See Spire.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
(stepull), the tower of a church, etc., including any superstructure, such as a spire or lantern, standing upon it. In some districts small churches have the steeples not unfrequently formed of massive wooden framing, standing on the floor, and carried up some little distance above the roof; these are usually at the west end, parted off from the nave by a wooden partition, as at Ipsden and Tetsworth, Oxfordshire. (See Belfry); (See Tower).
