dictionary definitions for "campanile"


From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  campanile
      n 1: a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building
           [syn: campanile, belfry]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Campanile \Cam`pa*ni"le\, n. [It. campanile bell tower, steeple,
     fr. It. & LL. campana bell.] (Arch.)
     A bell tower, esp. one built separate from a church.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Many of the campaniles of Italy are lofty and
           magnificent structures.                  --Swift.
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