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Noun: chapiter  cha-pi-tu(r)
Usage: archaic
  1. The upper part of a column that supports the entablature
    "The Corinthian chapiter was adorned with acanthus leaves";
    - capital, cap

Derived forms: chapiters

Type of: top

Part of: column, pillar

Encyclopedia: Chapiter