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• Spire (Allemagne) — Spire (ville) Pour les articles homonymes, voir Spire. Spire …   Wikipédia en Français

• SPIRE — Le premier établissement humain qui est à l’origine de la ville de Spire (en allemand: Speyer) date de l’époque celte: Noviomagus. Installé sur une terrasse du Rhin, il devait devenir un camp romain sous César et Drusus. La cité qui en naquit fut …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Spire (disambiguation) — Spire may refer to: * A Spire, tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building. * The Spire of Dublin * Spire, a character from Metroid Prime Hunters . * Blackrock Spire, an instance dungeon in World of Warcraft . * Endar Spire * …   Wikipedia

• SPIRE, ANDRÉ — (1868–1966), French poet and Zionist leader. Born in Nancy, Spire was descended from an old established family of Lorraine and the son of a rich industrialist. After studying law, he became a member of the Conseil d État in 1894, specialized in… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Spire — • A tapering construction in plan conical, pyramidal, octagonal, or hexagonal crowning a steeple or tower Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Spire     Spire      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Spire — Spire, n. [OE. spire, spir, a blade of grass, a young shoot, AS. sp[=i]r; akin to G. spier a blade of grass, Dan. spire a sprout, sprig, Sw. spira a spar, Icel. sp[=i]ra.] 1. A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass or of wheat.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Spire of dublin — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Spire. Le Spire sur O Connell St. Le Spire de Dublin (An Túr Solais en irlandais) est une …   Wikipédia en Français

• Spire Christian Comics — was a line of comic books published by Fleming H. Revell starting in 1972. In 1981 Hugh Revell Barbour started his own company, Book Bargains, which soon became Barbour Company. Barbour acquired the rights to republish many of the titles in the… …   Wikipedia

• Spire de Dublín — Spire de Dublín. El Spire de Dublín, oficialmente denominado Monumento de la Luz, es un larguísimo cono de acero inoxidable de 120 metros de altura situado en O Connell Street, una de las calles más centricas de la capital irlandesa ocupando el… …   Wikipedia Español

• Spire — Spire, n. [L. spira coil, twist; akin to Gr. ???: cf. F. spire.] 1. A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. (Geom.) The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole. See {Spiral}, n. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Spire — Spire, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Spired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spiring}.] To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire. Emerson. [1913 Webster] It is not so apt to spire up as the other sorts, being more inclined to branch into arms. Mortimer. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English