2. A tax upon each head or person, without reference to property; a poll tax.
CAPITE
Cap"i*te, n. Etym: [L., abl. of caput head.]
Defn: See under Tenant.
CAPITELLATE
Cap`i*tel"late, a. Etym: [L. capitellum, dim. of caput head.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having a very small knoblike termination, or collected into minute capitula.
CAPITIBRANCHIATA Cap`i*ti*bran`chi*a"ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL., from L. caput, capitis, head + -branchiae gills.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of annelids in which the gills arise from or near the head. See Tubicola.
CAPITOL
Cap"i*tol, Etym: [L. capitolium, fr. caput head: cf. F. capitole. See
Chief.]
1. The temple of Jupiter, at Rome, on the Mona Capitolinus, where the Senate met. Comes Cæsar to the Capitol to-morrow Shak.
2. The edifice at Washington occupied by the Congress of the United States; also, the building in which the legislature of State holds its sessions; a statehouse.