† spire-steeplen.

Forms: Also spire steeple.

Etymology: spire n.¹

Obsolete.

A steeple surmounted by a spire; a church spire; = spire n.¹ 8 (Common from c1610 to c1725.)

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [noun] > superstructure above a roof > spire

steeple1473

spear1480

spire-steeple1559

spire1596

spiracle1842

stump-spire1842

spirelet1848

needle-spire1864

Skylon1950

1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 78 Upon this necke standeth the head of brasse with a top like a spire steple.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 700 A very faire Church [at Ripon],..with three high Spire-steeples.

1656 A. Cowley Davideis i. 43 (note) in Poems A Pyramide is a Figure broad beneath, and smaller and sharper by degrees upward, till it end in a point, like our Spire-Steeples.

1725 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 70 This Councill..being very desirous..to erect a convenient church, with a proper spire steeple.

1784 R. Bage Barham Downs I. 7 From the window of the parlour..I have a view of a tall spire-steeple.

1809 S. T. Coleridge Friend 23 Nov. 223 An instinctive taste teaches men to build their churches in flat countries with spire-steeples.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	spire-steeple
释义	† spire-steeplen. Forms: Also spire steeple. Etymology: spire n.¹ Obsolete. A steeple surmounted by a spire; a church spire; = spire n.¹ 8 (Common from c1610 to c1725.) ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [noun] > superstructure above a roof > spire steeple1473 spear1480 spire-steeple1559 spire1596 spiracle1842 stump-spire1842 spirelet1848 needle-spire1864 Skylon1950 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 78 Upon this necke standeth the head of brasse with a top like a spire steple. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 700 A very faire Church [at Ripon],..with three high Spire-steeples. 1656 A. Cowley Davideis i. 43 (note) in Poems A Pyramide is a Figure broad beneath, and smaller and sharper by degrees upward, till it end in a point, like our Spire-Steeples. 1725 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 70 This Councill..being very desirous..to erect a convenient church, with a proper spire steeple. 1784 R. Bage Barham Downs I. 7 From the window of the parlour..I have a view of a tall spire-steeple. 1809 S. T. Coleridge Friend 23 Nov. 223 An instinctive taste teaches men to build their churches in flat countries with spire-steeples. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1559
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