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.

From The Guardian

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

They were adorned with two chapiters, five cubits each.

From Project Gutenberg

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

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