chapiter

/ ˈtʃæpɪtə /

noun

1. See capital
   architect another name for capital 2

Word History and Origins

Origin of chapiter¹

C15: from Old French chapitre, from Latin capitellum capital ²

Example Sentences

Both the chapiters of the pillars were cast: seven rows of nets were on one chapiter, and seven nets on the other chapiter.

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The King, he says, is anxious that every ‘chapiter of the Order’ should be fully recorded.

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In speaking of parlement lawe, I haue in the chapiter precedent said somewhat of this high and most honorable court.

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