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Capitol
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- 1 Any particular capitol; The citadel and temples on the Capitoline Hill in Ancient Rome. historical
- 2 Any particular capitol; The town hall of Toulouse, France.
- 3 Any particular capitol; The building in Washington, D.C., in which both houses of the Congress of the United States meet.
"ON January 20, 1953, I stood on a platform at the East Front of the Capitol in Washington to take the oath, administered by Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, as the thirty-fourth President of the United States — an office I was to hold for eight years."
- 4 Any particular capitol; The chief building in any state capital in which the state legislature meets. US
- 1 Any building or complex of buildings in which a legislature meets. US
"The state capitol is located smack-dab in the middle of the state's capital."
- 2 a building occupied by a state legislature wordnet
- 3 Any citadel or complex of buildings similar to the Roman Capitol, particularly Italian and Roman citadels including temples to Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva. historical
- 4 Alternative form of capitoul (“the former chief magistrates of Toulouse, France”). alt-of, alternative, historical
Etymology
From Middle English Capitolie, via Anglo-Norman capitolie, Old French capitoile, from Latin Capitōlium (“Capitoline Hill, its temples; any similar citadel”), from the oblique stem of caput (“head”) + -ō (noun-forming suffix) or -ōlus (“-ole”, diminutive suffix) + -ium (toponym-forming suffix). Compare Latin capitō and capitulum. As a French magistrate, via French capitoul, from Capitole, the town hall of Toulouse. Doublet of Capitolium and capitoul.
From Middle English Capitolie, in historical sense, from Latin Capitōlium. Other meanings from specific instances of capitol, q.v. As a French town hall, a calque of French Capitole.
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