Definitions
a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
Word origin
From Middle English stepel, from Old English stīpel, stȳpel, stīepel (“tower, steeple”), from Proto-West Germanic *staupil, from Proto-Germanic *staupilaz (“that which is steep, tower, steeple”), equivalent to steep + -le. Cognate with Old Norse stǫpull (“tower, steeple”).
Used in a sentence
“So, the woman and the child had gone by, and gone on, and five had sounded from the steeples.”
“He steepled his fingers as he considered the question.”
“Mr. Ziegler is now angled forward with his elbows on his knees and his fingers steepled just under his nose.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Church spire”7 letters
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