pinnacle

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

PIN'NACLE, noun [Latin pinna.] 1. A turret, or part of a building elevated above the main building. Some metropolis With glistering spires and pinnacles adorn'd. 2. A high spiring point; summit. PIN'NACLE, verb transitive To build or furnish with pinnacles.
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