Capitol, Capitol Building
(noun) the government building in Washington where the United States Senate and the House of Representatives meet
capitol
(noun) a building occupied by a state legislature
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Capitol
(historical) The temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill in ancient Rome.
Any particular capitol building, particularly:
The building in Washington, D.C, in which both houses of the Congress of the United States meet.
The town hall of Toulouse, France.
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capitol (plural capitols)
(historical) Alternative form of Capitol, the temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill in Ancient Rome.
(US) Any building or complex of buildings in which a legislature meets.
(historical) Alternative form of capitoul, the former chief magistrates of Toulouse, France.
The homophone capital refers only to the city designated as a base for government; this government may meet at a capitol building.
• coalpit, lipcoat, optical, pit coal, topical
Source: Wiktionary
Cap"i*tol, Etym: [L. capitolium, fr. caput head: cf. F. capitole. See Chief.]
1. The temple of Jupiter, at Rome, on the Mona Capitolinus, where the Senate met. Comes Cæsar to the Capitol to-morrow Shak.
2. The edifice at Washington occupied by the Congress of the United States; also, the building in which the legislature of State holds its sessions; a statehouse.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
