Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Capitol

Capitol

[Latin capitolium, from caput head: compare French capitole. See Chief.]

1.
The temple of Jupiter, at Rome, on the Mona Capitolinus, where the Senate met.
Comes Casar to the Capitol to-morrow? — Shakespeare
2.
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.