[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

steeple \stee"ple\ st=e"p'l, n. oe. stepel, as. st=epel,
   st=ypel; akin to e. steep, a. arch.
   a spire; also, the tower and spire taken together; the whole
   of a structure if the roof is of spire form. see spire. "a
   weathercock on a steeple." --shak.
   1913 webster

   rood steeple. see rood tower, under rood.

   steeple bush bot., a low shrub spiraea tomentosa
      having dense panicles of minute rose-colored flowers;
      hardhack.

   steeple chase, a race across country between a number of
      horsemen, to see which can first reach some distant
      object, as a church steeple; hence, a race over a
      prescribed course obstructed by such obstacles as one
      meets in riding across country, as hedges, walls, etc.

   steeple chaser, one who rides in a steeple chase; also, a
      horse trained to run in a steeple chase.

   steeple engine, a vertical back-acting steam engine having
      the cylinder beneath the crosshead.

   steeple house, a church. obs. --jer. taylor.
      1913 webster
see also:
spire rood steeple rood tower rood steeple bush spiraea tomentosa 
steeple chase steeple chaser steeple engine steeple house 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

steeple
     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 syn: spire
see also:
spire 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

56 moby thesaurus words for "steeple":
   antenna tower, barbican, belfry, bell tower, campanile, cog,
   colossus, column, comb, crag, cupola, derrick, dome, fang,
   fire tower, harrow, jag, lantern, lighthouse, martello,
   martello tower, mast, minaret, monument, obelisk,
   observation tower, pagoda, peak, pecten, pilaster, pillar,
   pinnacle, pole, projection, pylon, pyramid, rake, ratchet,
   sawtooth, shaft, skyscraper, snag, snaggle, spire, sprocket, spur,
   standpipe, stupa, television mast, tooth, tope, tour, tower,
   turret, water tower, windmill tower

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