church tower
Spire above nave
A church tower is the tall, vertical structure rising from a church building, typically housing bells and serving as a landmark.
Church towers may be square, round, or polygonal, and often anchor the building's architecture: The church tower was visible from miles away.
Distinguished from a steeple, which tapers to a point.
Melodic bell sound
- pealResonant ringing burst
- tollFee for passage
- carillonTuned bronze bell instrument
- belfryTower containing bells
clapper · ringing · knell · vespers · curfew · change-ringing · bell-ringer · bronze
Tapering architectural peak
- steeplePointed church tower
- buttressArchitectural wall reinforcement
- pinnacleUtmost summit or spire
- masonryBuilding with mortared blocks
facade · gable · vault · arch · column · lintel · stonework · parapet
Of the Middle Ages
- historicOf lasting significance
- restorationReturning something to condition
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
antiquity · listed · preservation · archaeology · chronicle · pilgrimage · frescoes · ancient
Urban profile against atmosphere
- beaconGuiding light source
- vistaPleasing distant scene
- panoramaUnobstructed wide-angle view
- navigationDetermining position and course
orientation · recognizable · distinctive · iconic · silhouette · profile · waypoint · visible
Of considerable height
- soaringRising effortlessly upward
- loftyImpressively high or noble
- elevationHeight above reference point
- ascendMove upward
climb · overlook · commanding · aerial · skyward · vantage-point · stairs · vertiginous
chime
Melodic bell sound
belfry · clapper · ringing · knell · vespers · curfew · change-ringing · bell-ringer · bronze · tintinnabulation
spire
Tapering architectural peak
masonry · facade · gable · vault · arch · column · lintel · stonework · parapet · louvre
medieval
Of the Middle Ages
- historicOf lasting significance
- restorationReturning something to condition
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
monument · antiquity · listed · preservation · archaeology · chronicle · pilgrimage · frescoes · ancient · ruins
skyline
Urban profile against atmosphere
navigation · orientation · recognizable · distinctive · iconic · silhouette · profile · waypoint · visible · prominent
tall
Of considerable height
- soaringRising effortlessly upward
- loftyImpressively high or noble
- elevationHeight above reference point
ascend · climb · overlook · commanding · aerial · skyward · vantage-point · stairs · vertiginous · observation
- towerswatchtower, monopole, Space Needle, Big Ben, Babel
- British ReligionAnglican, Archbishop of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, vicar
- clock towersBig Ben, campanile, town clock, belfry, carillon
- bell towersbelfry, campanile
- spiressteeple, pinnacle, fleche, cathedral spire, needle
- Nordic ChristianityLutheranism, state churches, bishoprics, synods, revivals
church towerbasement
Subterranean building level
cellar · crypt · underground chamber · bunker · foundation
church towerfactory smokestack
office building · warehouse · cell tower · water tower · silo
church, tower, towering, towers, churchyard, churchgoing, churchman, churchly, churchgoer