capitulary

[ kuh-pich-uh-ler-ee ]

adjective
  1. pertaining to a chapter, especially to an ecclesiastical one.

noun,plural ca·pit·u·lar·ies.
  1. a member of a chapter, especially of an ecclesiastical one.

  2. Often capitularies. an ordinance or law of a Frankish sovereign.

Origin of capitulary

1
1640–50; <Late Latin capitulārius, equivalent to capitul(um) (see capitular) + Latin -ārius-ary

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capitulary

/ (kəˈpɪtjʊlərɪ) /


nounplural -laries
  1. any of the collections of ordinances promulgated by the Frankish kings (8th–10th centuries ad)

Origin of capitulary

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C17: from Medieval Latin capitulāris; see capitular

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