capitol

UK /ˈkæp.ɪ.təl/ US /ˈkæp.ɪ.təl/
name 4noun 3

Definitions

noun

1

Any building or complex of buildings in which a legislature meets.

The state capitol is located smack-dab in the middle of the state's capital.

The centre of attraction was the City Hall. Two thousand flags and more ...; 2,000 electric lights... combined to make the civic capitol gorgeous... .

2

Any citadel or complex of buildings similar to the Roman Capitol, particularly Italian and Roman citadels including temples to Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva.

3

Alternative form of capitoul (“the former chief magistrates of Toulouse, France”).

name

1

Any particular capitol

2

Any particular capitol

3

Any particular capitol

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

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