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STEEPLE (akin to " steep")

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 868 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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STEEPLE (akin to " steep")

STEEPLE (akin to " steep") , a See also:

general architectural name (Fr. clocker, Ital. campanile, Ger. Glockenturm) for the whole arrangement of See also:

TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower, See also:

BELFRY (Mid. Eng. berfrey, through Med. Lat. berefredus, from Teut. bergfrid or bercvrit, which, according to the New Eng. Dict., is a combination of bergen, to protect, and frida, safety or peace; the word thus meaning a shelter; the change from r to 1,—

belfry, See also:

SPIRE

spire, &c.

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