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campanile

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cam·pa·ni·le  (kmp-nl)
n. pl. cam·pa·ni·les (-lz) or cam·pa·ni·li (-l)
A bell tower, especially one near but not attached to a church or other public building.
[French, from Italian, from campana, bell, from Late Latin campna, bell (made of metal produced in Campania), from Latin campnus, of Campania, from Campnia, Campania.]
campanile [camp-an-neel-lee]
Noun
a bell tower, usually one not attached to another building [Italian]
campanile
a tower for peals of bells or a carillon, usually freestanding. Also called campanario.
See also: Bells
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.campanilecampanile - a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building
belfry
bell tower - a tower that supports or shelters a bell


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Ah, if you could but see my own dear Pisa, the Duomo, the cloisters of Campo Santo, the high Campanile, with the mellow throb of her bells upon the warm Italian air
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The sudden flashes of colour reminded him of the gleam of the opal-and-iris-throated birds that flutter round the tall honeycombed Campanile, or stalk, with such stately grace, through the dim, dust-stained arcades.
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