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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It was under the influence of Alcuin that Charlemagne issued in 787 the capitulary that has been called "the first general charter of education for the Middle Ages."
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle
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
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
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
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
But in the capitularies generally it was as Vas infirmius that she was defined.
From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Edgar Saltus
Finally, he established those regular inspections by the missi dominici which are the subject of so many of his capitularies.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." by Various
The public law of Europe formerly permitted a master to reclaim his bondsman, within a limited period, wherever he could find him, and one of the capitularies of Charlemagne abolishes the rule of prescription.
From Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford December Term, 1856. by Benjamin C. Howard
In the Carolingian period, except in forged capitularies, there is very little testimony to the function of priests in weddings.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by William Graham Sumner
In our western countries, falconry dates from the fourth and fifth centuries, as is proved by the capitularies of Dagobert.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 by Various
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