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: 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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The urge to tame big corporate landlords is bubbling over among locals in woodsy Paulding County, Georgia, an Atlanta exurb where church steeples and old graveyards punctuate the rolling hills, and an 18-foot fiberglass Wonder Woman waves at drivers.
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Bloomberg, Oc Register, 10 Feb. 2026
Valley Hope Foundation in Black Mountain is leading the project and will soon load the steeple onto the bed of a truck to be hauled seven miles to a warehouse.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 15 Jan. 2026
While the 40-foot steeple of Crown Point’s oldest church lays toppled along Grant Street and East North Street, treasures found inside the 139-year-old church have found their way into new light.
—Anna Ortiz, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2026
By 1783, the sect was calling itself the Society of Universal Friends; hundreds clamored to hear the Friend speak, and the society soon boasted multiple meetinghouses in Rhode Island and Connecticut, built in the Quaker mold, without steeples, bell towers, paintings, or murals.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
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Bloomberg, Oc Register, 10 Feb. 2026
Valley Hope Foundation in Black Mountain is leading the project and will soon load the steeple onto the bed of a truck to be hauled seven miles to a warehouse.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 15 Jan. 2026
While the 40-foot steeple of Crown Point’s oldest church lays toppled along Grant Street and East North Street, treasures found inside the 139-year-old church have found their way into new light.
—Anna Ortiz, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2026
By 1783, the sect was calling itself the Society of Universal Friends; hundreds clamored to hear the Friend speak, and the society soon boasted multiple meetinghouses in Rhode Island and Connecticut, built in the Quaker mold, without steeples, bell towers, paintings, or murals.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for steeple
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“Steeple.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steeple. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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