Synonym: steeple. Similar words: aspire, inspire, perspire, conspire, inspired, transpire, spirit, spirits. Meaning: ['spaɪə(r)] 
n. a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top.
n. a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top. 
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1 The spire of the tower dominates the foreground.
2 The tower culminates in a 40 - foot spire.
3 The tower is surmounted with a spire.
4 The church spire was struck by lightning.
5 A weather - vane surmounts the spire / The spire is surmounted by a weather - vane.
6 The church's 120 foot gothic spire was paid for by public subscription in 1939.
7 All over Ireland, a spire proclaims an Anglican church.
8 A church spire rising at the centre of town.
9 It eschewed the Gothic spire and mediaeval internal arrangements.
10 The octagonal crossing tower rises high with its spire.
11 An engineer's report had condemned the spire as dangerous and said that it must be dismantled.
12 A little distance away the spire of the old minster soared towards the clouds.
13 The spire is made of stainless steel plate, rolled into a seamless cone.
14 But the most arresting feature is the amazing spire of Meall Mheadhonach at the other end of the ridge.
15 In fact, when the spire was blown down during a gale, early in 1925, it was not replaced.
16 On the exterior is an octagonal spire, called the Torre de Gallo, after its weathercock.
17 It is Roy Spring who climbs the spire to replace the red warning light bulbs on the top.
18 They'd been out of action because the church's spire was too weak to support them.
19 After being severely damaged in a storm, the spire was replaced with a square tower in 1969.
20 No one would dream of straightening out the knobbly spire at Empingham Church.
21 Its height is the striking feature and this is emphasised by the spire.
22 Shrimp slip into the sample chamber just as the spire tumbles over.
23 We were shown a bullet-ridden orb, lying on the ground,[www.Sentencedict.com] that had once decorated the church spire.
24 It was mostly built early in the nineteenth century with a tall fair spire topped by a ship.
25 Cleared by the surface controller, he moves away from the spire and drops his weights, and we leave the bottom.
26 In the early-morning sun the incomparably beautiful Shwe Dagon pagoda with its gold-plated spire could be seen from some miles away.
27 A tower loomed over the roofless mansion, and beyond it, the spire of the Church of Ireland could be seen.
28 Now their commander must dragoon several tech or merchant gangs from the Oberon spire into the ranks.
29 It is a large stave church with later transepts and spire.
30 Read in studio A church organist has been told not to play low notes because it could damage the spire.
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