Definition of "hilltop" []

• The crest or top of a hill. (noun)

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• "A church on a hilltop is the first indication or landmark of Sabará, the town being immediately below it."
• "I say tragic, because on every hilltop is a ruin of either a fortress or a church in which men sought security and there was no security."
• "Fussell’s topmost denizens were “out of sight” in hilltop manses at the end of long, curving driveways."