chapiter Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
    cap; capital.

WordNet

Chap"i*ter noun
Etymology
OF. chapitel, F. chapiteau, from L. capitellum, dim. of caput head. Cf. Capital, Chapter.
Definitions
  1. (Arch.) A capital Obs. See Chapital. Ex. xxxvi. 38.
  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.

Webster 1913