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Categories: Ornaments (architecture), Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Architectural elements

pinnacle pinnacles

(architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower WordNet 3.0

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(architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower WordNet 3.0

(architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress or tower Open English WordNet

A pinnacle is an architectural element originally forming the cap or crown of a buttress or small turret, but afterwards used on parapets at the corners of towers and in many other situations. Wikipedia

Architectural feature. Wikipedia Disambiguation

An upright member, generally ending in a small spire, used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire. Wiktionary

Architecture: an upright member. Wiktionary (translation)

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steeple

architectural element

PART OF

fontaine de la Vierge

CATEGORY DOMAIN

architecture

DERIVATION

pinnacle

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

pinnacle