steeple

steeple

steeple steeplechase a horse race run on a racecourse having ditches and hedges as jumps, originally so called because a steeple marked the finishing point across country; the term is first recorded in the Sporting Magazine of April 1793 of a race of this kind run near Galloway.
steeple-house a building with a steeple, especially (as a derogatory term) in early Quaker usage; the English founder of the Society of Friends, George Fox (1624–91), uses the term in describing the effect on him of seeing the spires of Lichfield.

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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "steeple." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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steeple

stee·ple / ˈstēpəl/ • n. a church tower and spire. ∎  a spire on the top of a church tower or roof. ∎ archaic a tall tower of a church or other building. DERIVATIVES: stee·pled adj.

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steeple

steeple tall tower OE.; spire XV. OE. stēpel, WS. *stiepel, stȳpel, f. *staup- STEEP1; see -LE1.
Hence steeplechase XVIII; orig. race having a church steeple in view as goal.

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T. F. HOAD. "steeple." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

T. F. HOAD. "steeple." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-steeple.html

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Steeple

Steeple, ‘steep place’, OE stēpel: Steeple Dorset. Stiple 1086 (DB). Steeple Essex. Stepla 1086 (DB).

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A. D. MILLS. "Steeple." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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Steeple

Steeple as affix, see main name, e.g. for Steeple Ashton (Wilts.) see Ashton.

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steeple

steeple. Collective term embracing a church-tower and spire together.

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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "steeple." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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steeple

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