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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: chapiter n : the upper part of a column that supports the entablature [syn: {capital}, {cap}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: 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."
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