British Dictionary definitions for chapiter

chapiter

noun

architect another name for capital 2

Word Origin

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

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Examples from the Web for chapiter

Historical Examples

The King, he says, is anxious that every ‘chapiter of the Order’ should be fully recorded.
Sir Christopher Wren
Lucy Phillimore
In speaking of parlement lawe, I haue in the chapiter precedent said somewhat of this high and most honorable court.
Chronicles (1 of 6): The Description of Britaine
Raphaell Holinshed
Both the chapiters of the pillars were cast: seven rows of nets were on one chapiter, and seven nets on the other chapiter.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version
Various

chapiter

Word Origin

Examples from the Web for chapiter

Historical Examples

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

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

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