# capitoul

Pronunciation: US say "kap-uh-TOOL" /ˌkæpəˈtul/; UK say "kap-i-TOOL" /ˌkæpɪˈtuːl/

## Noun

1. One of the chief magistrates who formerly held office in the city of Toulouse, France.
   - Simple: One of the top city officials who once led the city of Toulouse in France.
   - _Each newly chosen capitoul swore to uphold the privileges of Toulouse._
   - _The merchants brought their quarrel over market rights before the capitouls._

## Origin

From French capitoul, named after the Capitole de Toulouse, the town's city hall (established 1190). That name referred to the Roman Capitol and to the town's Latin capitulum ("charter; chapter"); the word is a doublet of capitol and Capitolium.

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