Crossword clues for chapiter
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chapiter \Chap"i*ter\, n. [OF. chapitel, F. chapiteau, from L. capitellum, dim. of caput head. Cf. Capital, Chapter.]
(Arch.) A capital [Obs.] See Chapital.
--Ex. xxxvi. 38.(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.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context architecture English) The 'capital' or uppermost part of a column, upon which the roof and its decorations are supported. 2 (context UK legal obsolete English) A written summary of matters to be inquired of or presented before justices in eyre, or justices of assize, or of the peace, in their sessions; articles.
WordNet
Usage examples of "chapiter".
On the chapiters of the columns that support the portico, at the entrance of the castle in Chichen Itza, may be seen the carved figures of long-bearded men, with upraised hands, in the act of worshipping sacred trees.
As to the house within, two rows of pillars went down it endlong, fashioned of the mightiest trees that might be found, and each one fairly wrought with base and chapiter, and wreaths and knots, and fighting men and dragons.
And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars.