chapiter
Plural: chapiters
Noun
- The decorative top section of a column or pilaster.
- the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
- Obsolete form of chapter.
- The capital or uppermost part of a column, upon which the roof and its decorations are supported.
- A written summary of matters to be inquired of or presented before justices in eyre, or justices of assize, or of the peace, in their sessions; articles.
Examples
- Placing CHAPITER across a triple word score was the strategic foundation of her Scrabble victory.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English chapitre, from Old French chapitre, from Latin capitulum, diminutive of caput (“head”). Doublet of chapter and capitulum.
Scrabble Score: 15
chapiter: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordchapiter: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
chapiter: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 16
chapiter: valid Words With Friends Word