Illustration of steeple
: 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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With its busy harbor and photogenic church steeples, Westport lies at the far end of the three big Rideau Lakes.
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Joe Yogerst, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
Patrick Smith / Getty Images The event evolved in the 1800s as a race between two towns' church steeples that would traverse hedges and streams.
—NBC News, 8 Aug. 2024
In the first equine steeplechases, jockeys raced between towns in 18th-century Ireland, navigating a course using pointy church steeples as guides, as the Washington Post reported.
—Lizzy Briskin, SELF, 3 Aug. 2024
In a city dotted with steeples and infused with Catholic tradition, the Basilica of St. Josaphat stood out.
—Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2024
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Joe Yogerst, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
Patrick Smith / Getty Images The event evolved in the 1800s as a race between two towns' church steeples that would traverse hedges and streams.
—NBC News, 8 Aug. 2024
In the first equine steeplechases, jockeys raced between towns in 18th-century Ireland, navigating a course using pointy church steeples as guides, as the Washington Post reported.
—Lizzy Briskin, SELF, 3 Aug. 2024
In a city dotted with steeples and infused with Catholic tradition, the Basilica of St. Josaphat stood out.
—Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2024
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“Steeple.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steeple. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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