A tall, pointed structure that rises from the roof of a building, especially a church or tower, tapering to a point at the top.
From Old English 'spir,' related to 'spar' (a rod or pole). The term originally meant a blade of grass or plant shoot, then came to mean any tall, pointed structure.
Church spires were intentionally designed to be the tallest things in medieval towns—they literally pointed to heaven and were often struck by lightning, which people interpreted as divine communication, though we now understand it's just physics!
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