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

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Etymology

Origin of capitular

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

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Example Sentences

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capitular capitulars

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

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 Gleeson White

And even in the North, where the capitular schools were most flourishing—as Paris, Reims, and Chartres—the general tendency was towards relapse.

From Illuminated Manuscripts by John William Bradley

Thus no body of ecclesiastics stood in need of thorough reform more than the capitular clergy, and no class proved so hard to deal with.

From The Church and the Empire, Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304 by D. J. (Dudley Julius) Medley

Thus at the beginning of the fifteenth century—the age of library building—the capitular hoard at Exeter was furbished up, newly housed, and arranged.

From Old English Libraries by Ernest Albert Savage

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

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

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

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

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