capitol

Meaning

Noun

• Any building or complex of buildings in which a legislature meets.
• Alternative of Capitol, the temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill in Ancient Rome.
• Alternative of capitoul, the former chief magistrates of Toulouse, France.

Origin

• From Middle English capitoile, capitolie, from Anglo-Norman capitolie or capitoile, Middle French capitole and Latin Capitōlium, probably from caput. As a French magistrate, via French capitoul.