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Definition of Capitol
1. Noun. A building occupied by a state legislature.
2. Noun. The government building in Washington where the United States Senate and the House of Representatives meet.
Generic synonyms: Government Building
Group relationships: American Capital, Capital Of The United States, Washington, Washington D.c.
Definition of Capitol
1. Proper noun. The building in Washington, D.C., where the Congress of the United States meets. ¹
2. Noun. Temple of Jupiter in Rome. ¹
3. Noun. (rare as lowercase) The building in Washington, D.C., where the Congress of the United States meets. ¹
4. Noun. A building or complex of buildings in which any legislature meets. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Capitol
1. a building occupied by a state legislature [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Capitol
Literary usage of Capitol
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"By an Act of the Territorial Legislature, approved February 9,1872, it was directed
that proposals be received for the erection of a capitol building, ..."
2. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1908)
"Capitol 1863. Stmt. of comparative cost of freestone and other materials for
outside finish of ... Stmt. of expenditures upon state capitol bldg. from Dec. ..."
3. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1907)
"An Account of the Capitol in Virginia. The Capitol in the city of Richmond, ...
Their dimensions not being sufficient for the purposes of the capitol, ..."
4. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson. by Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Adgate Lipscomb, Albert Ellery Bergh (1905)
"An Account of the Capitol in Virginia. The Capitol in the city of Richmond, ...
Their dimensions not being sufficient for the purposes of the capitol, ..."
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