capitular

American  

[kuh-pich-uh-ler] / kəˈpɪtʃ ə lər /

noun

• capitulars
  plural

1. a member of an ecclesiastical chapter.

2. capitulars, the laws or statutes of a chapter or of an ecclesiastical council.

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adjective

1. Botany. capitate.

2. pertaining to an ecclesiastical or other chapter.

capitular British  

/ kəˈpɪtjʊlə /

adjective

1. of or associated with a cathedral chapter

2. of or relating to a capitulum

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• capitularly
  adverb

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• capitulars
  plural

Etymology

Origin of capitular

1605–15; < Medieval Latin capitulāris, equivalent to capitul ( um ) chapter (literally, small head; see capitulum) + -āris -ar ¹

Example Sentences

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capitular capitulars

The cost of a portion of this was graciously defrayed by Her Majesty; Bishop Turton and Dean Peacock gave the cost of their own figures respectively, and the remainder was paid by the capitular body.

From Ely Cathedral by Anonymous

I will not speak to her now," added the capitular, "because she is listening entranced to Jacinto's nonsense.

From Dona Perfecta by Mary J. (Mary Jane) Serrano

One of the most important of these, of which history makes mention, was that of the Abbaye de Saint Gall, of which Charlemagne was capitular.

From Royal Palaces and Parks of France by Blanche McManus

And, by what in continental eyes seemed a strange laxity of discipline, priests, bishops, members of capitular bodies, were often married. 

From William the Conqueror by Edward Augustus Freeman

Diceto’s fragmentary Domesday of the capitular estates has been edited by Archdeacon Hale in The Domesday of St Paul’s, pp.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various

He handled a ferule while the Miserere lasted, although he did not, on account of the entreaties of those who were present, strike the capitulars with it.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898—Volume 39 of 55 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of The Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century, Volume XXXIX: 1683-1690 by Emma Helen Blair

Of the election of our fathet Fray Juan de Valderrama When the time for the election came, namely, May 22, 1590, all the capitulars, who were now coming from all parts, assembled.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 23 of 55 1629-30 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by James Alexander Robertson

And, 14. lastly, the history of codes, in which is contained the legislation of Christian kingdoms, wherein we may refer to the capitulars of the Franks, and the laws of the Lombards.

From St. Peter, His Name and His Office As set forth in holy scripture by Thomas W. Allies

These were of the greatest service to Charles in the synods and capitulars and wise regulations which he made for the restoration of the Church in France.

From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Thomas W. Allies