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Plural / 3rd person of spire. Showing the entry for spire.

spire

UK/spaɪə/ US/ˈspaɪ.ə/ rare archaic obsolete

noun

1.

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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Origin

From Middle English spire, spyre, spier, spir, from Old English spīr, from Proto-Germanic *spīrō, *spīrǭ (“peak; point; tip; stalk”). Cognate with Dutch spier, German Low German Spier, German Spier, Spiere, Danish spir, Norwegian spir and spire, Swedish spira, Icelandic spíra.

Phrases

  • broached spire

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