Capitol

Definitions

1. Any particular capitol
   historical
2. The citadel and temples on the Capitoline Hill in Ancient Rome.
   historical
3. Any building or complex of buildings in which a legislature meets.
   US
4. The town hall of Toulouse, France.
5. Any citadel or complex of buildings similar to the Roman Capitol, particularly Italian and Roman citadels including temples to Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva.
   historical
6. The building in Washington, D.C., in which both houses of the Congress of the United States meet.
7. The chief building in any state capital in which the state legislature meets.
   US

Equivalents

Examples

“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... .”

“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.”

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