Capitol
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The ancient Roman Capitol under Constantine the Great, Museum of Roman Civilization 
The modern US Capitol seen from the Mall, 2007 
The Toulouse Capitol at the liberation of the city from Nazi German control, 1944
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Etymology
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.
Proper noun
Capitol
- Any particular capitol, particularly:
- (historical) The citadel and temples on the Capitoline Hill in Ancient Rome.
- The town hall of Toulouse, France.
- The building in Washington, D.C., in which both houses of the Congress of the United States meet.
- 1963, Dwight Eisenhower, Mandate for Change 1953-1956, Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3:
- 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.
- (US, with context or qualifier) The chief building in any state capital in which the state legislature meets.
Synonyms
- (Roman Capitol): See Capitoline Hill
- (Toulouse Capitol): Capitole
Derived terms
Translations
temple of Jupiter in Rome
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legislative building in Washington, D.C.
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