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chapiters

chapiters is the plural of chapiter.

Meaning of chapiter

Noun

chapiter (plural chapiters)

  1. The capital or uppermost part of a column, upon which the roof and its decorations are supported.
    • Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.1891, Albert Gallatin Mackey, Manual of the Lodge, page 70
  2. (UK, obsolete) 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.
    • and when the time commeth , the shyrecue shall certifie the chapiters before the Justices in Eire, how many writs he hath and what & c.1607, John Cowell, The Interpreter

Questions about chapiters

What is chapiters the plural of?
Chapiters is the plural of chapiter.

Words near chapiters in the dictionary

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  3. Chapin
  4. Chapins
  5. chapiter
  6. chapiters
  7. chapitre
  8. chapitres
  9. chapka
  10. chapkan
  11. chapkans

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