chapiter

/ (ˈtʃæpɪtə) /

noun

architect another name for capital 2

Words nearby chapiter

chapelry, chaperon, chaperone, chapess, chapfallen, chapiter, chaplain, chaplet, chaplin, chaplin, charlie, chaplinesque

Word Origin for chapiter

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

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Examples 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|Various
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