CAPITOL

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


Etymology

Proper noun

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.

Anagrams

• coalpit, lipcoat, optical, pit coal, topical

Etymology

Noun

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.

Usage notes

The homophone capital refers only to the city designated as a base for government; this government may meet at a capitol building.

Anagrams

• 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



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