steeple.

A tall pointed structure atop a church tower, or the tower and its pointed top together.

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Words that belong together

• church steeple
• ruined steeple
• steeple above the roofs

On the page

The ruined steeple leaned above the roofs, its bell long since removed.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror / gothic literary. Lexical Type: Word. Forms: Singular steeple; plural steeples. Commonness: moderately common (editorial estimate; not a corpus frequency statistic). Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1; numbered fields keep each relevant meaning separate. Research distinction: Noun structure usually with small spire surmounting church tower; broadly whole tower. Steepled adjective listed; fingers-steepling verb was not verified. Individual writer usefulness checked for a distinct physical, ritual, facial or acoustic function. Definitions/examples are original; genre suitability is not an inherent emotional rating. Writing functions: precise physical or ritual description, gothic scene construction.