chapiter
/ (ˈtʃæpɪtə) /
noun
architect another name for capital 2
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Word Origin for chapiter
C15: from Old French chapitre, from Latin capitellum capital ²
Words nearby chapiter
chaperon, chaperone, chapess, chapfallen, chap hop, chapiter, chaplain, chaplet, Chaplin, Chaplin, Charlie, Chaplinesque
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Example sentences from the Web for chapiter
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|VariousThe King, he says, is anxious that every ‘chapiter of the Order’ should be fully recorded.
Sir Christopher Wren|Lucy PhillimoreIn 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