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steeplehouse

noun

Etymology

Compound of steeple + house.

  1. inherited from husen
  2. derived from *(s)kews-✻
  3. inherited from *hūsą✻ — “house”
  4. inherited from *hūs✻
  5. inherited from hūs — “dwelling, shelter, house”
  6. inherited from hous
  7. compounded as steeplehouse — “steeple + house”

Definitions

  1. A church (building).

    • When the people went to the steeplehouse, I took my Bible under my arm, and went to Justice Corbet's house to let him see I was going.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA