pinnacle

Pinnacle Pin"na*cle, n. [OE. pinacle, F. pinacle, L. pinnaculum, fr. pinna pinnacle, feather. See Pin a peg.] 1. (Arch.) An architectural member, upright, and 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, and the like. Pinnacles may be considered primarily as added weight, where it is necessary to resist the thrust of an arch, etc. [1913 Webster]

Some renowned metropolis With glistering spires and pinnacles around. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

2. Anything resembling a pinnacle; a lofty peak; a pointed summit. [1913 Webster]

Three silent pinnacles of aged snow. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

The slippery tops of human state, The gilded pinnacles of fate. --Cowley. [1913 Webster]

Pinnacle Pin"na*cle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pinnacled; p. pr. & vb. n. Pinnacling.] To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles. --T. Warton. [1913 Webster]

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Bible Dictionary

Pinnacle
(of the temple), (matthew 4:5; luke 4:9) The Greek word oughtto be rendered not a pinnacle, but the pinnacle. The only partof the temple which answered to the modern sense of pinnaclewas the golden spikes erected on the roof to prevent birds fromsettling there. Perhaps the word means the battlement orderedby law to be added to every roof. (according to alford it wasthe roof of herod s royal portico of the temple,"which overhungthe ravine of kedron from a dizzy height"--600 or 700feet.-ed.)

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