capitular

American  

[kuh-pich-uh-ler] / kəˈpɪtʃ ə lər /

noun

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

• capitularly
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of capitular

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

Example Sentences

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 McManus, Blanche

All the ribs at their upper extremity articulate only with the transverse processes of the vertebrae; their capitular processes when present not articulating directly with the bodies of the vertebrae.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various

The names of many of the choristers and the amounts of the oblations offered for the boy-bishops are the subject of many entries in the capitular registers of both English and continental churches.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the See of Sarum by White, Gleeson

In his last year the Archbishop had to restrain the proctors of absent canons from acting independently in the administration of the prebends, and from exercising capitular authority.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric by Hallett, Cecil Walter Charles

Marriage was forbidden for the future; the capitular clergy had to part from their wives; but the vested interest of the parish priest was respected. 

From William the Conqueror by Freeman, Edward Augustus