Capitol

(kap'e-tol.) [ L. capitolium.] (Hist.) A collection of buildings in anc. Rome, on the Mons Capitol in us, in one of which the senate a embled. The ascent to itwas by100 steps, and among the other structures it contained was the magnificent temple of Jupiter. Among the moderns, the name is sometimes applied to abuilding erected for state purposes, as the Capitol at Washington. [s. 141]