Spire
Tower's pointed top
A spire is a tall, tapering structure that rises to a point, most typically atop a church or cathedral tower.
The word extends to anything with a similar shape—a pointed mountain peak, a blade of grass, or the slender tip of a plant shoot.
In architecture, spires serve both practical and symbolic purposes, drawing the eye upward and, in religious contexts, suggesting aspiration toward heaven.
The church spire was visible for miles across the flat countryside.
Tall slender edifice
- pinnacleUtmost summit or spire
- turretProtruding fortified structure
- churchPlace of Christian worship
- cathedralBishop's principal church
bell tower · minaret · finial · cupola · belfry · campanile · buttress · nave
Peak or diplomatic gathering
- apexUppermost point or culmination
- pinnacleUtmost summit or spire
- pointExact location or meaning
- tipEnd or gratuity
crown · top · zenith · crest · vertex · height · ascent · mountain
tower
Tall slender edifice
cathedral · bell tower · minaret · finial · cupola · belfry · campanile · buttress · nave · transept
summit
Peak or diplomatic gathering
tip · crown · top · zenith · crest · vertex · height · ascent · mountain · rocky
reach
Extend to touch
elevate · transcend · uplift · yearning · striving · ambition · heavenward · lofty · devotion · hope
shoot
Discharge or capture
grass · stem · tendril · emergence · growth · germination · green · spring · tip · ascending
Spiredome
Rounded vault forming roof
cupola · rotunda · onion dome · barrel vault · hemisphere
- rebellious spiritDisposition against compliance
- spiritual enlightenmentProfound transcendent awareness
- free spiritUninhibited, unconventional person
- team spiritShared enthusiasm among members
- in spiritPresent emotionally, not physically
- good spiritsPleasant, upbeat mood
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