chapiter
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of chapiter
C15: from Old French chapitre, from Latin capitellum capital ²
Example Sentences
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I start a chapiter and they say, ‘No, chapter’ and I say chapiter.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 22, 2016
The base, ornamented with lines or net-work, twelve cubits; the column eighteen cubits, and the chapiter five cubits, making the height thirty-five cubits; while the column or pillar, cast by itself, was only eighteen.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by Bunyan, John
And he made the pillahs and the two rows around about upon the network, to covah the chapiters that were upon the top, with pomegranates; and so did he fo' the othah chapiter.
From The Way of the Wind by Norris, Zoe Anderson
He used button instead of tache, capital for chapiter, and made Hebrew proper names in the New Testament conform to the usage of the Old.
From Noah Webster American Men of Letters by Scudder, Horace E.
The base is formed by the head of Cukulcan, the shaft of the body of the serpent, with its feathers beautifully carved to the very chapiter.
From Atlantis : the antediluvian world by Donnelly, Ignatius
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