chapiter /ˈt͡ʃæpɪtɚ/ noun2 •The capital or uppermost part of a column, upon which the roof and its decorations are supported.Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits. — 1891 •(UK, no longer used) 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.and when the time commeth , the shyrecue shall certifie the chapiters before the Justices in Eire, how many writs he hath and what & c. — 1607 formschapiters
