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Capitol¹ Definition

Capi·tol (kap′ət 'l)

noun

  1. the temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill in ancient Rome
  2. ☆ the building in which the U.S. Congress meets in Washington, D.C.
  3. ☆ the building in which a state legislature meets

Etymology: ME & OFr capitolie < L Capitolium, temple of Jupiter in Rome; < ? (but possibly related to caput, head)

Capitol² Definition

Capi·tol (kap′ət'l)

Capitoline

capitol Synonyms

capitol

n.

statehouse, legislative hall, U.S. Congress, Senate, House of Representatives, state legislature, seat of government, Capitol Hill, the political front, the political scene; see also center 2.

Capitol Quotes

It was at Rome, on the fifteenth of October1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the City first started to my mind.

—Gibbon, Edward