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- noun Obsolete form of
steeple (in the senses of “tower”, “spire”, etc.).
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Examples
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Payed to George Aster for poyntynge ye steple £ 7 2 8
The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains Frederick W. Woodhouse
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Various other allegorical personages harangued him by the way; but the most singular spectacle was that whereby "Paul's steple laie at anchor," as Holinshed expresses it.
Coronation Anecdotes Giles Gossip
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We just got back to camp yester day evening we went down on picket today weak ago, we could see Arlington hights from Masons hill; we could see the Capitol at Washington and the steple at Alexander and all their breast works, they shorly
Augusta County: George W. Baylor to Mary C. Baylor, October 1, 1861 George W. Baylor 1861
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Also in this yere Paulis steple was set a fire with lyghtnyng.
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Posts: 618 steple wrote: prusick, always. even for single pitch, very useful for cleaning.
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