English words for 'Alternative form of church steeples.'
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verb
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- (architecture, of a church) nave.
- The fleshly or corporeal nature of a human, as opposed to the spirit or soul.
- (geometry) A three-dimensional object, such as a cube or cone.
- (sociology) A human being, regarded as marginalized or oppressed.
- Main section.
- The largest or most important part of anything, as distinct from its appendages or accessories; (of vehicles, sometimes) the outer shell (as contrasted with the frame and powertrain).
- A unified collection of details, knowledge or information.
- An organisation, company or other authoritative group.
- (archaic or informal except in compounds) A person.
- (uncountable) Substance; physical presence.
- (countable) The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism.
- The torso, the main structure of a human or animal frame excluding the extremities (limbs, head, tail).
- (programming) The code of a subroutine, contrasted to its signature and parameters.
- An agglomeration of some substance, especially one that would be otherwise uncountable.
- The content of a letter, message, or other printed or electronic document, as distinct from signatures, salutations, headers, and so on.
- (printing) The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated).
- A group of people having a common purpose or opinion; a mass.
- (countable) Any physical object or material thing.
- (uncountable) Comparative viscosity, solidity or substance (in wine, colours etc.).
- (countable) A corpse.
- an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects
- the central message of a communication
- a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person
- a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity
- a collection of particulars considered as a system
- the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
- the external structure of a vehicle
- a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin)
- the property of holding together and retaining its shape
- the main mass of a thing
- the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
verb
noun
- (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress or tower
- the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
- a lofty peak
- (figuratively) An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success.
- (geology) A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain.
- The highest point.
- (architecture) An upright member, generally ending in a small spire, used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire.
verb
noun
- (architecture) A spire or steeple, especially of Gothic style; an object emerging from the ridge of a roof.
- (military, fortification) An earthwork consisting of two berms forming an angle with an open gorge.
- (backgammon) Any of the twenty-four points on a backgammon board.
- (fencing) A method of attack with a sword (foil or épée) in which the attacker's back leg crosses in front of the front leg in the offensive move.
verb
noun
- (architecture) A tower or steeple typically containing bells, especially as part of a church.
- (architecture) A part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells.
- (dialectal) A shed.
- a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building
- a room (often at the top of a tower) where bells are hung
noun
- The back pew of a church.
- The back seat of an automobile, van, or bus.
- (newspaper, publishing) A group of top-level journalists who jointly review submissions and decide on the layout and emphasis of the newspaper.
- A bench at the back of a room or seating area.
- A back bench in a courtroom.
- A position of secondary importance.
- (politics, UK, New Zealand, often attributive) In a house of legislature following the model of the Westminster system (such as the UK House of Commons), any bench behind either of the front benches and occupied by members of each party group who are not party leaders, cabinet ministers, holders of offices such as the whips, etc.
- The back row of a classroom.
- any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons
adj
adj
- Characteristic of a church; churchy.
- Devoted to, or inclined to attach great importance to, the order and ritual of a particular section of the Christian church.
- In accordance with ecclesiastical standards or ceremonies; appropriate for or befitting a church.
- Pertaining to or relating to the church, its government, forms, or ceremonies; ecclesiastical.
- resembling or suggesting or appropriate to a church
noun
- (architecture) A Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex and a clerestory.
- A Roman Catholic church or cathedral with basilican status, an honorific status granted by the pope to recognize its historical, architectural, or sacramental importance.
- an early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica; or a Roman Catholic church or cathedral accorded certain privileges
- a Roman building used for public administration
verb
noun
- a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
- Any of various tall grasses, rushes, or sedges, such as the marram, the reed canary-grass, etc.
- The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
- A young shoot of a plant; a spear.
- (geometry) The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole.
- A sharp or tapering point.
- A spiral.
- (mining) A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the charge in blasting.
- One of the sinuous foldings of a serpent or other reptile; a coil.
- (architecture) A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof.
noun
- The church of a monastery.
- The office or dominion of an abbot or abbess.
- (British English) A residence that was previously an abbatial building.
- A monastery or society of people, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy, which is headed by an abbot or abbess; also, the monastic building or buildings.
- a convent ruled by an abbess
- a church associated with a monastery or convent
- a monastery ruled by an abbot
noun
verb
noun
- A small chapel or shrine.
- A molding in the form of a string of beads; a bead molding.
- (botany) A series of spores or other objects arranged like beads on a string.
- A metal support for a cylindrical pipe.
- (Catholicism) A set of repetitive prayers, other than the Rosary, typically prayed with a string of beads.
- A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mould.
- A headdress in the form of a wreath made of leaves, flowers or twigs woven into a ring.
- (specifically) The Chaplet of Divine Mercy, the most well-known chaplet in the Catholic Church.
- A garland or circlet for the head.
- Alternative form of chapelet.
- flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
noun
- (architecture) The top stone of an arch.
- Something on which other things depend for support.
- (retail) A retail price that is double the cost price; a markup of 100%.
- (baseball) The combination of the shortstop and second baseman.
- A native or resident of the American state of Pennsylvania.
- a central cohesive source of support and stability
- the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
verb
noun
- part of a church divided laterally from the nave proper by rows of pillars or columns
- passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores
- a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)
- (transport) Seat in public transport, such as a plane, train or bus, that's beside the aisle.
- A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers.
- A clear corridor in a supermarket with shelves on both sides containing goods for sale.
- The path of a wedding procession in a church or other venue; (by extension, metonymic) marriage.
- A clear path/passage through rows of seating.
- Any path through an otherwise obstructed space.
- (US, politics) An idiomatic divide between the Republican Party and the Democratic Party, who are said to be on two sides of the aisle.
noun
- (architecture) A recess or projection, with a dome or vault, at the east end of a church.
- a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
- (astronomy) Either of the points in the elliptical orbit of a planet, comet, or moon where it is closest or furthest from the body it orbits; examples are perihelion, aphelion, perigee, and apogee.
noun
verb
noun
- A semicircular projection from any building that is similar to a church's apse.
- a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
- The bishop's seat or throne in ancient churches.
- A reliquary: a case in which the relics of saints are kept.
- (architecture) The rounded east end of a church that contains or is behind the altar.
- (strictest sense) The interior portion of this section of the church building, excluding the ambulatory and any apse chapels.
noun
- A kind of dome, as in Moorish buildings.
- (historical) A suitcase or trunk designed to be transported on the roof of a carriage.
- A tuft of hair on the lower lip (so called from its use by Napoleon III).
- A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 6 liters of fluid, eight times the volume of a standard bottle.
- (card games, countable) Any of several combinations of cards which score in this game.
- (historical) An outside or roof seat on a diligence or carriage.
- (paper, printing) A writing paper size measuring 30 × 22 inches, or printing paper measuring 32 × 22 inches.
- (card games, uncountable) A card game differing from piquet in some minor details, and in having a trump.
- A crown imperial.
- (countable, uncountable) A variety of green tea.
- a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III
- a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach
adj
- (in particular, of alcohol) Stronger than typical. (Derived from the name of Russian Imperial stout, a strong dark beer.)
- Related to an empire, emperor, or empress.
- Of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence.
- Very grand or fine.
- Relating to the British imperial system of measurement.
- befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress
- relating to or associated with an empire
- belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
- of or belonging to the British Imperial System of weights and measures
noun
noun
- A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.
- A cairn terrier.
- A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, to guide travelers on land or at sea, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc.
- small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland
- a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path
noun
verb
noun
- (architecture, of a church) nave.
- The fleshly or corporeal nature of a human, as opposed to the spirit or soul.
- (geometry) A three-dimensional object, such as a cube or cone.
- (sociology) A human being, regarded as marginalized or oppressed.
- Main section.
- The largest or most important part of anything, as distinct from its appendages or accessories; (of vehicles, sometimes) the outer shell (as contrasted with the frame and powertrain).
- A unified collection of details, knowledge or information.
- An organisation, company or other authoritative group.
- (archaic or informal except in compounds) A person.
- (uncountable) Substance; physical presence.
- (countable) The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism.
- The torso, the main structure of a human or animal frame excluding the extremities (limbs, head, tail).
- (programming) The code of a subroutine, contrasted to its signature and parameters.
- An agglomeration of some substance, especially one that would be otherwise uncountable.
- The content of a letter, message, or other printed or electronic document, as distinct from signatures, salutations, headers, and so on.
- (printing) The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated).
- A group of people having a common purpose or opinion; a mass.
- (countable) Any physical object or material thing.
- (uncountable) Comparative viscosity, solidity or substance (in wine, colours etc.).
- (countable) A corpse.
- an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects
- the central message of a communication
- a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person
- a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity
- a collection of particulars considered as a system
- the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
- the external structure of a vehicle
- a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin)
- the property of holding together and retaining its shape
- the main mass of a thing
- the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
verb
noun
- (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress or tower
- the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
- a lofty peak
- (figuratively) An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success.
- (geology) A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain.
- The highest point.
- (architecture) An upright member, generally ending in a small spire, used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire.
verb
noun
- (architecture) A spire or steeple, especially of Gothic style; an object emerging from the ridge of a roof.
- (military, fortification) An earthwork consisting of two berms forming an angle with an open gorge.
- (backgammon) Any of the twenty-four points on a backgammon board.
- (fencing) A method of attack with a sword (foil or épée) in which the attacker's back leg crosses in front of the front leg in the offensive move.
verb
noun
- (architecture) A tower or steeple typically containing bells, especially as part of a church.
- (architecture) A part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells.
- (dialectal) A shed.
- a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building
- a room (often at the top of a tower) where bells are hung
noun
- The back pew of a church.
- The back seat of an automobile, van, or bus.
- (newspaper, publishing) A group of top-level journalists who jointly review submissions and decide on the layout and emphasis of the newspaper.
- A bench at the back of a room or seating area.
- A back bench in a courtroom.
- A position of secondary importance.
- (politics, UK, New Zealand, often attributive) In a house of legislature following the model of the Westminster system (such as the UK House of Commons), any bench behind either of the front benches and occupied by members of each party group who are not party leaders, cabinet ministers, holders of offices such as the whips, etc.
- The back row of a classroom.
- any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons
adj
noun
- (architecture) A Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex and a clerestory.
- A Roman Catholic church or cathedral with basilican status, an honorific status granted by the pope to recognize its historical, architectural, or sacramental importance.
- an early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica; or a Roman Catholic church or cathedral accorded certain privileges
- a Roman building used for public administration
noun
- The church of a monastery.
- The office or dominion of an abbot or abbess.
- (British English) A residence that was previously an abbatial building.
- A monastery or society of people, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy, which is headed by an abbot or abbess; also, the monastic building or buildings.
- a convent ruled by an abbess
- a church associated with a monastery or convent
- a monastery ruled by an abbot
noun
verb
noun
- A small chapel or shrine.
- A molding in the form of a string of beads; a bead molding.
- (botany) A series of spores or other objects arranged like beads on a string.
- A metal support for a cylindrical pipe.
- (Catholicism) A set of repetitive prayers, other than the Rosary, typically prayed with a string of beads.
- A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mould.
- A headdress in the form of a wreath made of leaves, flowers or twigs woven into a ring.
- (specifically) The Chaplet of Divine Mercy, the most well-known chaplet in the Catholic Church.
- A garland or circlet for the head.
- Alternative form of chapelet.
- flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
verb
noun
- a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
- Any of various tall grasses, rushes, or sedges, such as the marram, the reed canary-grass, etc.
- The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
- A young shoot of a plant; a spear.
- (geometry) The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole.
- A sharp or tapering point.
- A spiral.
- (mining) A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the charge in blasting.
- One of the sinuous foldings of a serpent or other reptile; a coil.
- (architecture) A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof.
noun
- (architecture) The top stone of an arch.
- Something on which other things depend for support.
- (retail) A retail price that is double the cost price; a markup of 100%.
- (baseball) The combination of the shortstop and second baseman.
- A native or resident of the American state of Pennsylvania.
- a central cohesive source of support and stability
- the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
verb
noun
- part of a church divided laterally from the nave proper by rows of pillars or columns
- passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores
- a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)
- (transport) Seat in public transport, such as a plane, train or bus, that's beside the aisle.
- A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers.
- A clear corridor in a supermarket with shelves on both sides containing goods for sale.
- The path of a wedding procession in a church or other venue; (by extension, metonymic) marriage.
- A clear path/passage through rows of seating.
- Any path through an otherwise obstructed space.
- (US, politics) An idiomatic divide between the Republican Party and the Democratic Party, who are said to be on two sides of the aisle.
noun
- (architecture) A recess or projection, with a dome or vault, at the east end of a church.
- a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
- (astronomy) Either of the points in the elliptical orbit of a planet, comet, or moon where it is closest or furthest from the body it orbits; examples are perihelion, aphelion, perigee, and apogee.
noun
verb
noun
- A semicircular projection from any building that is similar to a church's apse.
- a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
- The bishop's seat or throne in ancient churches.
- A reliquary: a case in which the relics of saints are kept.
- (architecture) The rounded east end of a church that contains or is behind the altar.
- (strictest sense) The interior portion of this section of the church building, excluding the ambulatory and any apse chapels.
noun
- A kind of dome, as in Moorish buildings.
- (historical) A suitcase or trunk designed to be transported on the roof of a carriage.
- A tuft of hair on the lower lip (so called from its use by Napoleon III).
- A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 6 liters of fluid, eight times the volume of a standard bottle.
- (card games, countable) Any of several combinations of cards which score in this game.
- (historical) An outside or roof seat on a diligence or carriage.
- (paper, printing) A writing paper size measuring 30 × 22 inches, or printing paper measuring 32 × 22 inches.
- (card games, uncountable) A card game differing from piquet in some minor details, and in having a trump.
- A crown imperial.
- (countable, uncountable) A variety of green tea.
- a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III
- a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach
adj
- (in particular, of alcohol) Stronger than typical. (Derived from the name of Russian Imperial stout, a strong dark beer.)
- Related to an empire, emperor, or empress.
- Of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence.
- Very grand or fine.
- Relating to the British imperial system of measurement.
- befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress
- relating to or associated with an empire
- belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
- of or belonging to the British Imperial System of weights and measures
noun
noun
- A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.
- A cairn terrier.
- A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, to guide travelers on land or at sea, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc.
- small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland
- a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path
verb
noun
- a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
- Any of various tall grasses, rushes, or sedges, such as the marram, the reed canary-grass, etc.
- The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
- A young shoot of a plant; a spear.
- (geometry) The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole.
- A sharp or tapering point.
- A spiral.
- (mining) A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the charge in blasting.
- One of the sinuous foldings of a serpent or other reptile; a coil.
- (architecture) A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof.
adj
- Characteristic of a church; churchy.
- Devoted to, or inclined to attach great importance to, the order and ritual of a particular section of the Christian church.
- In accordance with ecclesiastical standards or ceremonies; appropriate for or befitting a church.
- Pertaining to or relating to the church, its government, forms, or ceremonies; ecclesiastical.
- resembling or suggesting or appropriate to a church