capitulary
Americanadjective
noun
plural
capitularies-
a member of a chapter, especially of an ecclesiastical one.
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Often capitularies. an ordinance or law of a Frankish sovereign.
noun
Etymology
Origin of capitulary
1640–50; < Late Latin capitulārius, equivalent to capitul ( um ) ( capitular ) + Latin -ārius -ary
Example Sentences
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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
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
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 selections which follow are taken from the capitulary De Partibus Saxoni�, which was issued by Charlemagne probably at the Frankish assembly held at Paderborn in 780.
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
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 Butler, Alban
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