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 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 Ogg, Frederic Austin
Charlemagne's capitulary, De Villis, instructions to his stewards on the management of his estates.
From Medieval People by Power, Eileen Edna
A capitulary of Louis the Pious in 817, for example, forbade the continuance of secular education in monastic schools.
From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Ogg, Frederic Austin
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 Ogg, Frederic Austin
It was renewed repeatedly, as, for instance, in the Council of Auxerre in 595, by a capitulary of Charlemagne in 789, and by the Council of Selingstadt in 1022, but always in vain.
From Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
It is mentioned in the capitularies of Charlemagne, and in the Middle Ages was the important and flourishing capital of Basse-Brie and residence of the Counts of Champagne.
From Holidays in Eastern France by Betham-Edwards, Matilda
After 827 new capitularies were naturally promulgated, and before 858 there appeared a second collection in three books, by an author calling himself Benedictus Levita.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various
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 Robinson, James Harvey
This is the sense attached to it in Lindenbrog's glossary on the capitularies, quoted by Grimm, op. cit. i. p.
From Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul by Frazer, James George, Sir
These capitularies make provisions of a most varied nature; it was therefore found necessary at quite an early date to classify them into chapters according to the subject.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various
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