belfry
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The chapel, whose unusual design includes three spires, two steeples, a belfry and separate sanctuaries for Catholics and Protestants, has been locked and left to decay since being damaged in the 1971 Sylmar earthquake.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
A terrifying symbol of Mayon’s deadly fury is the belfry of a 16th-century Franciscan stone church which protrudes from the ground.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 19, 2023
But it is the nickname of the biggest bell in the belfry that draws the most name recognition: Big Ben.
From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2022
One of those, which went unfulfilled, was what he called “a duet with a bat who lives in the belfry of the Wesleyan Memorial Chapel.”
From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2021
The hunchback in the belfry had jumped and was swinging madly on the rope.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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