steeple-housen.

A building with a steeple.

1. Used by the early Quakers (and, before them, sometimes by other scrupulous persons) instead of ‘church’, on the ground that that word ought not to be applied to a building.

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society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > church or place of worship > [noun]

churcheOE

God's houseOE

kirkc1175

temple1399

steeple1555

church building1605

steeple-house1644

shrine1645

Dominical1659

religion shop1811

1644 F. Quarles Whipper Whipt in Wks. (1880) I. 161/2 It was first used when Steeplehouses, or Meeting-places were built, which Papists call Churches.

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 161 Steeple houses (as Churches are styled in our new Childrens Dictionary).

1674 G. Fox For All Bishops & Priests 31 Paul..had no Monastry nor Abbey, nor great Steeple house to preach in then.

1710 C. Shadwell Fair Quaker of Deal i. i. 11 I suppose the Fortune my Father left thee will be thrown into the Arms of one of the lewd Pillars of thy Steeple-house.

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Steeple house, a name given to the church by Dissenters.

1877 J. G. Whittier In Old South 41 There are steeple-houses on every hand, And pulpits that bless and ban.

attributive.1681 S. Fell in Jrnl. Friends' Hist. Soc. (1912) 9 136 Unrighteous demands touchinge y^e Preists wages, & Steeplehouse Repaires, &c.1710 O. Sansom Acct. Life 33 I was Excommunicated..for not Paying the Steeple~house Tax.

2. gen. ? nonce-use.

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1807 R. C. Hoare Tour Ireland 279 Round Towers... Peter Walsh supposes them to have been erected first by the Danes as watch-towers against the natives, and appropriated afterwards to holy uses, as Steeple-houses, and belfries.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	steeple-house
释义	steeple-housen. A building with a steeple. 1. Used by the early Quakers (and, before them, sometimes by other scrupulous persons) instead of ‘church’, on the ground that that word ought not to be applied to a building. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > church or place of worship > [noun] churcheOE God's houseOE kirkc1175 temple1399 steeple1555 church building1605 steeple-house1644 shrine1645 Dominical1659 religion shop1811 1644 F. Quarles Whipper Whipt in Wks. (1880) I. 161/2 It was first used when Steeplehouses, or Meeting-places were built, which Papists call Churches. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 161 Steeple houses (as Churches are styled in our new Childrens Dictionary). 1674 G. Fox For All Bishops & Priests 31 Paul..had no Monastry nor Abbey, nor great Steeple house to preach in then. 1710 C. Shadwell Fair Quaker of Deal i. i. 11 I suppose the Fortune my Father left thee will be thrown into the Arms of one of the lewd Pillars of thy Steeple-house. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Steeple house, a name given to the church by Dissenters. 1877 J. G. Whittier In Old South 41 There are steeple-houses on every hand, And pulpits that bless and ban. attributive.1681 S. Fell in Jrnl. Friends' Hist. Soc. (1912) 9 136 Unrighteous demands touchinge y^e Preists wages, & Steeplehouse Repaires, &c.1710 O. Sansom Acct. Life 33 I was Excommunicated..for not Paying the Steeple~house Tax. 2. gen. ? nonce-use. ΚΠ 1807 R. C. Hoare Tour Ireland 279 Round Towers... Peter Walsh supposes them to have been erected first by the Danes as watch-towers against the natives, and appropriated afterwards to holy uses, as Steeple-houses, and belfries. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1644
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