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# pinnacle

noun (pinnacles)

«pinnacle» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A pinnacle is the very top of a mountain or of a tall building. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pinnacle/#m1)
2. A pinnacle is a tall, pointed ornament on the roof of a building, often a church or palace. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pinnacle/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories, the high, pointed tops of a palace or castle

### Examples

- The palace had many airy pinnacles on its roof. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pinnacle/#x1)
- We climbed to the pinnacle of the hill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pinnacle/#x2)
- The bird perched on the pinnacle of the tower. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pinnacle/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

A tall point or turret on a wall or building, here made of precious stones.

**Interpretation.** Isaiah's promise to restored Zion is read by the tradition as a picture of the glory of the future Jerusalem.

### Examples

- And I will make thy pinnacles of rubies, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy border of precious stones. (Prophets ISA.54.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pinnacle/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pinnacle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pinnacle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pinnacle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pinnacle.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «pinnacle» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pinnacle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pinnacle» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/pinnacle.html) on Mova free.