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capital²
top: scalloped cushion capital
bottom: Egyptian papyrus capital

cap·i·tal²

-tl) KEY

NOUN:
Architecture

The top part of a pillar or column.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Late Latin capitellum, diminutive of Latin caput, head; see kaput- in Indo-European roots

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