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Meaning of CAPITOLIAN

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Cap`i*to"li*an\, Capitoline \Cap"i*to*line\, a. [L.
capitolinus: cf. F. capitolin.]
Of or pertaining to the Capitol in Rome. ``Capitolian Jove.''
--Macaulay.
{Capitoline games} (Antiq.), annual games instituted at Rome
   by Camillus, in honor of Jupter Capitolinus, on account of
   the preservation of the Capitol from the Gauls; when
   reinstituted by Domitian, arter a period of neglect, they
   were held every fifth year.
 

 

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