chapiter

/ ˈtʃæpɪtə /

noun

1. 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

I start a chapiter and they say, ‘No, chapter’ and I say chapiter.

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The face likewise of this Temple is adorned with arms, not with gems, and the wall, instead of the ancient golden chapiters, is covered around with pendent shields.

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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.

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They were adorned with two chapiters, five cubits each.

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"To wit: the two pillars and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars."

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