capitol
/ˈkæp.ɪ.təl/ noun C2- Any building or complex of buildings in which a legislature meets. · The state capitol is located smack-dab in the middle of the state's capital.
- Any citadel or complex of buildings similar to the Roman Capitol, particularly Italian and Roman citadels including temples to Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva.
Plural capitols
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Ten minutes afterwards the baron entered his apartment, and Peppino stationed himself on the bench outside the door of the hotel, after having whispered something in the ear of one of the descendants of Marius and the Gracchi whom we noticed at the beginning of the chapter, who immediately ran down the road leading to the Capitol at his fullest speed.
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