church spire
Sanctuary's skyward finger
A church spire is the tall, tapering structure that rises from a church tower, typically ending in a point.
Spires became prominent features of Christian architecture in medieval Europe, their vertical lines drawing the eye heavenward.
The term often appears in descriptions of skylines and rural landscapes: The church spire was visible for miles across the valley.
- steeplePointed church tower
- bell towerStructure housing large chimes
- belfryTower containing bells
- pinnacleUtmost summit or spire
- flying buttressExternal arch transferring thrust
cross · weathervane · gothic · pointed · skyline · village · village green · New England · clocktower · cathedral · chapel · roof · stone · slate · copper · heavenward · rising up · tolling
- churchnave, pew, pews, altar, altars
- British Countrysidehedgerow, village, hedgerows, hamlet, moorland
- cityscapesskyline, city skyline, skylines, skyscraper, urban landscapes
- English Countrysidecottages, village green, village fete, farmhouses, country pub
- British ReligionAnglican, Archbishop of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, vicar
- spiressteeple, pinnacle, fleche, needle
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Subterranean burial vault
church basement · foundation · basement · catacomb · cellar
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Industrial exhaust column
factory chimney · office tower · water tower · cell tower · grain silo
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