chapiter
    n 1: the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
         [syn: capital, chapiter, cap]

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.
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   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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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."