Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Chapiter"
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."
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) 1.7 (wn)
chapiter
n : the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
[syn: {capital}, {cap}]
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