'Chapiter' definitions:

Definition of 'chapiter'

(from WordNet)
noun
The upper part of a column that supports the entablature [syn: capital, chapiter, cap]

Definition of 'Chapiter'

From: GCIDE
  • Chapiter \Chap"i*ter\, n. [OF. chapitel, F. chapiteau, from L. capitellum, dim. of caput head. Cf. Capital, Chapter.]
  • 1. (Arch.) A capital [Obs.] See Chapital. --Ex. xxxvi. 38. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Old Eng. Law) A summary in writing of such matters as are to be inquired of or presented before justices in eyre, or justices of assize, or of the peace, in their sessions; -- also called articles. --Jacob. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'chapiter'

From: Easton
  • Chapiter the ornamental head or capital of a pillar. Three Hebrew words are so rendered.
  • _Cothereth_ (1 Kings 7:16; 2 Kings 25:17; 2 Chr. 4:12), meaning a "diadem" or "crown."
  • _Tzepheth_ (2 Chr. 3:15).
  • _Rosh_ (Ex. 36:38; 38:17, 19, 28), properly a "head" or "top."