capitulary
Americanadjective
noun
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capitularies
plural
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a member of a chapter, especially of an ecclesiastical one.
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Often capitularies. an ordinance or law of a Frankish sovereign.
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Origin of capitulary
1640–50; < Late Latin capitulārius, equivalent to capitul ( um ) ( see capitular) + Latin -ārius -ary
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In 816, a capitulary of Louis I. declared all donations of this kind void.
From The Power Of The Popes by Pierre Claude Fran?ois Daunou
A capitulary of Charlemagne in 801 is to the same effect.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Alban Butler
The capitulary may be regarded as a broad outline of policy and conduct which its author, lately become emperor, wished to see realized throughout his vast dominion.
From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Frederic Austin Ogg
The capitularies of 805 and 821 also contain vague references to sworn unions of some sort, and a capitulary of 884 prohibits villeins from forming associations “vulgarly called gilds” against those who have despoiled them.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various
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.
From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Frederic Austin Ogg
With the sanction of his advisers, he issued an extraordinary series of laws, called capitularies, a number of which have been preserved.
From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by James Harvey Robinson
The capitularies of 805 and 821 also contain vague references to sworn unions of some sort, and a capitulary of 884 prohibits villeins from forming associations “vulgarly called gilds” against those who have despoiled them.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various
Despite all this, Charles spoke authoritatively in his capitularies, and though incapable of defending western France, coveted other crowns and looked obstinately eastwards.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" by Various
He then gave the capitularies of Charles the Bald, and of other Carolingian kings, either contemporaries or successors of Charles, which he had discovered in various places.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various
In the eighth century, one of Charlemagne's capitularies seems to have had a like purpose.
From History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by Andrew Dickson White
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