capitular

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noun

An act passed in a chapter.

“the capitular process of a vertebra”

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OriginLate Latin capitulāre ← Latin capitulum →
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Meanings

capitular1

nouncapitular (plural capitulars)

plural capitulars

  1. An act passed in a chapter.
  2. A member of a chapter.

    The chapter itself, and all its members or capitulars.

    1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. […], London: […] D. Leach, and sold by John Walthoe […], →OCLC
  3. The head or prominent part.

capitular2

adjectivecapitular (not comparable)
  1. not comparableanatomyPertaining to a capitulum.

    the capitular process of a vertebra

  2. not comparablePertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter.

    From the pope to the member of the capitular body.

    1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveof or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter

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Origin

capitular · noun

  1. Latincapitulum“a small head, a chapter”
  2. Late Latincapitulāre
  3. Englishcapitular

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

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capitular · adjective

  1. Latincapitulum“a small head, a chapter”
  2. Medieval Latincapitulāris
  3. Middle Englishcapituler
  4. Englishcapitular

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

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