Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Any utensil, as a candlestick, having the form of a tower, especially in ornamental art.

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Examples

  • So in the annals of St. Vandrille (cap. x, p. 33) we read that in the time of Ermharius who died in 738 that abbot had a bell made, to be hung in the little tower (turricula) "as is the custom of such churches"; while the

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

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