chapiter

English

Etymology

Middle English chapiter, from Old French chapitre (cognate with chapter).

Noun

chapiter (plural chapiters)

(architecture) The capital or uppermost part of a column, upon which the roof and its decorations are supported.
(Britain, law, obsolete) 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.
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Anagrams

patchier, phreatic, pie chart, piechart

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