capitular

[ kuh-pich-uh-ler ]

noun

1. a member of an ecclesiastical chapter.
2. capitulars, the laws or statutes of a chapter or of an ecclesiastical council.

adjective

1. Botany. capitate.
2. pertaining to an ecclesiastical or other chapter.

capitular

/ kəˈpɪtjʊlə /

adjective

1. of or associated with a cathedral chapter
2. of or relating to a capitulum

Derived Forms

• caˈpitularly, adverb

Other Words From

• ca·pitu·lar·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of capitular¹

1605–15; < Medieval Latin capitulāris, equivalent to capitul ( um ) chapter (literally, small head; capitulum ) + -āris -ar ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of capitular¹

C17: from Medieval Latin capitulāris, from capitulum chapter

Example Sentences

At all events, the failure of the first attempt at capitular election was enough for her, and she did not repeat the experiment.

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We found interesting mention of it in several places when setting in order the chaotic mass of capitular muniments at Lichfield.

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Finally, a capitular government in missionary countries was a physical impossibility, and would disrupt the whole Order.

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The transverse processes are sometimes well developed and are divided into tubercular and capitular portions.

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The sixteenth vertebra has its tubercular facet on the transverse process, but the capitular facet is borne on the centrum.

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