Definition of Capiol

Definition of Capiol

Capitol, a temple and citadel erected by Tarquin on the Capitoline Hill, one of the seven hills of Rome, and where victors who were voted a triumph were crowned; terminated at its southern extremity by Tarpeian Rock, from which criminals guilty of treason were precipitated; hence the saying, "The Tarpeian Rock is near the Capitol," to denote the close connection between glory and disgrace.

- Wikipedia

Cap"i*tol (?), [L. capitolium, fr. caput head: cf. F. capitole. See Chief.]

1. The temple of Jupiter, at Rome, on the Mona Capitolinus, where the Senate met.

Comes Cæsar to the Capitol to- morrow?
Shak.

2. The edifice at Washington occupied by the Congress of the United States; also, the building in which the legislature of State holds its sessions; a statehouse.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Temple of Jupiter in Rome.
The building in which the U.S. legislative assembly meets.
The Capitol building is located smack-dab in the middle of the state Capital.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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