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steepled

steepled

6.1
A building with tall pointed towers like those on a church
  • adjective
  • /ˈstiːpəld/
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  • We admired the view of the steepled cathedral rising majestically against the blue sky.
  • steepled church

Examples

  • The small town was famous for its picturesque steepled churches, which attracted many tourists each year.

  • They were driving through a village, small but well-heeled, with a New England steepled white church and women in riding boots darting into stores to run their errands.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Raed walked right up to the window; one was actually a glass patio door—and gasped at the vista before him: beyond a picket fence at the end of the yard, the land dropped through rolling green hills down to a small steepled village about a mile away.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The quaint village featured several charming, steepled buildings that enhanced its old-world charm.

Synonyms

pinnacled
vssteepled
1 7.7

Something that has high pointed tops like small towers

emphasizes tall pointed spires often on churches rather than small decorative peaks
spired
vssteepled
7.5

Having a tall pointed top like a church roof

is specific to churches, meaning tall pointed spires on a building
turreted
vssteepled
7.9

A thing that has one or more small towers like a castle

focuses on tall pointed church spires rather than general tower features

Surface Forms

steepled positive

Morphology

steepled = steeple (transparent) = steeple + ed

Direct adjectival formation from the noun 'steeple' using the productive suffix '-ed' to mean 'having a steeple'.

Etymology

Steepled comes from the old word steeple, which meant a tall post or point on a church, like a high 'pillar' reaching up. So a steepled roof is one that has those tall, pointed parts and stands out from far away.