What is chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation; as, Washington and Paris are capital cities called?
capital — Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation; as, Washington and Paris are capital cities. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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