chapiter
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
chap·i·ter
 (chāp'ĭ-tər) Pronunciation Key
n. Architecture The capital of a column. [Middle English chapitre, chapter, chapiter; see chapter.] |
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| chapiter | |
noun | |
| the upper part of a column that supports the entablature [syn: capital] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Chapiter
Chap"i*ter\, n. [OF. chapitel, F. chapiteau, from L. capitellum, dim. of caput head. Cf. Capital, Chapter.]1. (Arch.) A capital [Obs.] See Chapital. --Ex. xxxvi. 38. 2. (Old Eng. Law) A summary in writing of such matters as are to be inquired of or presented before justices in eyre, or justices of assize, or of the peace, in their sessions; -- also called articles. --Jacob.
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Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Chapiter
the ornamental head or capital of a pillar. Three Hebrew words are so rendered. (1.) _Cothereth_ (1 Kings 7:16; 2 Kings 25:17; 2 Chr. 4:12), meaning a "diadem" or "crown." (2.) _Tzepheth_ (2 Chr. 3:15). (3.) _Rosh_ (Ex. 36:38; 38:17, 19, 28), properly a "head" or "top."
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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