chapiter
English
noun
Definitions
- (architecture) The capital or uppermost part of a column, upon which the roof and its decorations are supported.
- (UK) 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.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English chapiter derived from Old French chapitre.
Origin
Old French
chapitre
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- chapter English
- chapterful English
- chapterlike English
- chapterplay English
- interchapter English
- microchapter English
- midchapter English
- multichapter English
- subchapter English
- capitulum Latin
- chapitre French
- chapiter Middle English
- chapitre Old French
- tsapter Cebuano