Capitular

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    an act passed in a chapter
  2. 2
    a member of a chapter

    "The chapter itself, and all its members or capitulars."

  3. 3
    the head or prominent part
Adjective
  1. 1
    pertaining to a capitulum not-comparable

    "the capitular process of a vertebra"

  2. 2
    Pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter. not-comparable

    "From the pope to the member of the capitular body."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter wordnet

Synonyms

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Example

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"The chapter itself, and all its members or capitulars."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Late Latin capitulāre, capitulārium, capitulārius, from Latin capitulum (“a small head, a chapter”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English capituler, from Medieval Latin capitulāris, from Latin capitulum (“a small head, a chapter”).

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