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The temple of Jupiter, at Rome, on the Mona Capitolinus, where the Senate met.
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- The temple of Jupiter, at Rome, on the Mona Capitolinus, where the Senate met.
- The edifice at Washington occupied by the Congress of the United States; also, the building in which the legislature of State holds its sessions; a statehouse.
- n. a building occupied by a state legislature
- 1. The temple of Jupiter, at Rome, on the Mona Capitolinus, where the Senate met. Comes Cæsar to the Capitol to-morrow Shak. 2. The edifice at Washington occupied by the Congress of the United States; also, the building in which the legislature of State holds its sessions; a statehouse.
- Of or pertaining to the Capitol in Rome. "Capitolian Jove."Macaulay. Capitoline games (Antiq.), annual games instituted at Romeby Camillus, in honor of Jupter Capitolinus, on account of thepreservation of the Capitol from the Gauls; when reinstituted byDomitian, arter a period of neglect, they were held every fifth year.
- n:100 n. a building occupied by a state legislature n. the government building in Washington where the United States Senate and the House of Representatives meet