Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A building or complex of buildings in which a state legislature meets.
- noun The building in Washington, DC, where the Congress of the United States meets.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Rome, and in Roman cities and colonies, the precinct and temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, the protector of the city.
- noun In the United States, the edifice occupied by Congress at Washington; also, in the separate States, the state-house, or house in which the legislature holds its sessions.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- The temple of Jupiter, at Rome, on the Mona Capitolinus, where the Senate met.
- The edifice at Washington occupied by the Congress of the United States; also, the building in which the legislature of a State holds its sessions; a statehouse.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Temple ofJupiter inRome . - noun The building in Washington, D.C., where the Congress of the United States
meets . - noun A
building orcomplex of buildings in which anylegislature meets.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the government building in Washington where the United States Senate and the House of Representatives meet
- noun a building occupied by a state legislature
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Reinforcing the capitol is a step taken only out of strictest necessity, as every soldier or Marine backstopping Kabul is one fewer along the border or in the rugged eastern provinces where insurgent attacks have spiked.
I Got Your Back But You Best To Watch Your Front | ATTACKERMAN 2008
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KOTERSKI: I think he wanted to come to what he called the capitol of the world.
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What happens when a company with more capitol is able to plop down more stores and edge out competition not through better customer service and selection but by sheer numbers?
New Blockbuster Advertising Slams Netflix/Redbox | /Film 2010
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The capitol is no longer the "shining city on the hill," but instead the symbol of a failed state committing crimes against humanity, using the morally bankrupt excuse of "fighting terrorism."
Jeanine Molloff: Teaching : A Political Tool for Repression or Freedom Jeanine Molloff 2010
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Whether they would provide part of that new capitol is unclear, as is where their company Scott Free would come into play, if at all.
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Okay, so I never bothered with university, because I know that if I want to gain capitol, i just need to improve my financial literacy, which still stinks but I am working on it.
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Schieffer kicked off the event by noting that the current rancor in the nation's capitol is the worst he's ever seen it.
At "Governing across the Divide" roundtable, solutions are elusive Felicia Sonmez 2010
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Her political capitol is enourmous, and far surpasses her actual dedication to her principles.
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A country whose capitol is becoming ‘Londonistan’.
Geert Wilders banned from the UK but here's what he would have said Not a sheep 2009
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The capitol is stunned as will the rest of the world be, when the news is all over.
EditorMark commented on the word capitol
Capitol (think of the shape of a dome) is a building, and it's capitalized if it's specific. Capital is a city, money or uppercase letter.
September 12, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word capitol
Cf. statehouse.
September 12, 2011