Capitular Definition

kə-pĭchə-lər
adjective
Of a chapter, esp. that of a religious order.
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(botany, anatomy) Pertaining to a capitulum.

The capitular process of a vertebra.
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noun

An act passed in a chapter.

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A member of a chapter.

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The head or prominent part.

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Other Word Forms of Capitular

Noun

Singular:
capitular
Plural:
capitulars

Origin of Capitular

  • Late Latin capitulare, capitularium, from Latin capitulum (“a small head, a chapter”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Medieval Latin capitulāris from capitulum chapter chapter

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Capitular Sentence Examples

  • He then retired to Frauenburg, and vigorously attended to his capitular duties.

  • He was the first bishop appointed by letters patent under the act passed in 1547 without the form of capitular election; and the service performed at his consecration was also novel, being in English; he also preached at St Paul's on the 11th of November clad only as a priest and not as a bishop, and inveighed against vest= ments and altars.

  • Exclusive of the sovereign and princes of the blood, and foreign sovereigns and princes, it consists of twelve capitular knights of the rank of count or Freiherr.

  • It has two divisions, each of five classes, of capitular knights and honorary members.

  • In the contemporary notices of Gerard and his family, in the capitular registers of the cathedral at Noyon, the name is always spelt Cauuin.

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