Capitol
['kæpɪtl]
Definition
(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.
Checked by Antoine--From WordNet
Definition
(-) 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 State holds its sessions; a statehouse.
Editor: Yvonne
Definition
n. the temple of Jupiter at Rome built on the Capitoline hill: (U.S.) the house where Congress meets.—adjs. Capitō′lian Capit′oline.
Edited by Hamilton
Examples
- I knew it was three hundred and sixty-four feet wide, and consequently wider than the capitol. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I think it was exhibited before a committee that had something to do with the Capitol. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He was permitted to set up his apparatus in the room of the House Committee on Commerce at the Capitol. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Not far off, to the left, was the Tower of the Capitol. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- During the night of the 23d he crossed over and bivouacked not far from the Capitol. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He signaled it to Washington, and the Capitol heard it long before the first messages arrived by train. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- St. Peter's did not look nearly so large as the capitol, and certainly not a twentieth part as beautiful, from the outside. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The same may be said in regard to the Houses of Congress in the United States Capitol for the past thirty-five years. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I knew it was just about the length of the capitol at Washington--say seven hundred and thirty feet. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The day came, and the She-Wolf in the Capitol might have snarled with envy to see how the Island Savages contrived these things now-a-days. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Wonderful Work of Stone-Boring Machine on Pillars of Ohio State Capitol. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Before he devoted all his time to his invention Morse had been anxious to paint a large historical picture for one of the panels in the rotunda of the Capitol at Washington. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
Checker: Max