capitulary

American  

[kuh-pich-uh-ler-ee] / kəˈpɪtʃ əˌlɛr i /

adjective

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

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noun

plural

capitularies

1. a member of a chapter, especially of an ecclesiastical one.

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

capitulary British  

/ kəˈpɪtjʊlərɪ /

noun

1. any of the collections of ordinances promulgated by the Frankish kings (8th–10th centuries _ad )

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Etymology

Origin of capitulary

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

Example Sentences

In 816, a capitulary of Louis I. declared all donations of this kind void.

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In 797, at a great assembly at Aix-la-Chapelle, another capitulary for the Saxons was issued, known as the Capitulum Saxonicum, and in this the harsh features of the earlier capitulary were considerably relaxed.

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In recent editions in the case of each capitulary it is carefully indicated from what manuscripts it has been collated.

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A capitulary of Charlemagne in 801 is to the same effect.

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Charlemagne's capitulary, De Villis, instructions to his stewards on the management of his estates.

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