noun. A building or complex of buildings in which a state legislature meets.

noun. The building in Washington, DC, where the Congress of the United States meets.

noun. In Rome, and in Roman cities and colonies, the precinct and temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, the protector of the city.

noun. In the United States, the edifice occupied by Congress at Washington; also, in the separate States, the state-house, or house in which the legislature holds its sessions.

The temple of Jupiter, at Rome, on the Mona Capitolinus, where the Senate met.

The edifice at Washington occupied by the Congress of the United States; also, the building in which the legislature of a State holds its sessions; a statehouse.

noun. Temple of Jupiter in Rome.

noun. The building in Washington, D.C., where the Congress of the United States meets.

noun. A building or complex of buildings in which any legislature meets.

noun. the government building in Washington where the United States Senate and the House of Representatives meet

noun. a building occupied by a state legislature

"Reinforcing the capitol is a step taken only out of strictest necessity, as every soldier or Marine backstopping Kabul is one fewer along the border or in the rugged eastern provinces where insurgent attacks have spiked."

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