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capital2
top: scalloped cushion capital
bottom: Egyptian papyrus capital
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cap·i·tal
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 (k p  -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 |
