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noun
- the building in Washington, D.C., used by the Congress of the U.S. for its sessions.
- (often lowercase) a building occupied by a state legislature.
- the ancient temple of Jupiter at Rome, on the Capitoline.
- the Capitoline.
noun
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- another name for the Capitoline
- the temple on the Capitoline
- the Capitol the main building of the US Congress
- Also called: statehouse (sometimes not capital) (in the US) the building housing any state legislature
“building where U.S. Congress meets,” 1793 (in writings of Thomas Jefferson), from Latin Capitolium, temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on the Capitoline Hill in ancient Rome. Used earlier of Virginia state houses (1699). Its use in American public architecture deliberately evokes Roman republican imagery. With reference to the Roman citadel, it is recorded in English from late 14c., via Old North French capitolie. Relationship of Capitoline to capital is likely but not certain.
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