/kam'peuh nee"lee, -neel"/ ; It. /kahm'pah nee"le/ , n. , pl. campaniles, campanili /-nee"lee/ .
a bell tower, esp. one freestanding from the body of a church.
[ 1630-40; campan ( a ) bell ( Campana, fem. sing. or neut. pl. of CAMPANUS of Campania, reputed to be a source of high-quality bronze casting in antiquity) + -ile locative suffix ( -ile ) ]