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church tower

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Noun1.church towerchurch tower - the tower of a church                
church building, church - a place for public (especially Christian) worship; "the church was empty"
tower - a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building


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He had just passed over a compact, whitewashed, village with a straight church tower and steep red-tiled roofs.
The War in the Air by Wells, H.G. View in context
It WAS a fine night, and the streets were dry and even clean for X----; there was a crescent curve of moonlight to be seen by the parish church tower, and hundreds of stars shone keenly bright in all quarters of the sky.
The Professor by Bronte, Charlotte View in context
So large is the church, and in particular the church tower, in comparison with the little street of cottages which compose the village, that the traveler is apt to cast his mind back to the Middle Ages, as the only time when so much piety could have been kept alive.
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