Capitular

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Capitular \Ca*pit"u*lar\, n. [LL. capitulare, capitularium, fr.
     L. capitulum a small head, a chapter, dim. of capit head,
     chapter.]
     1. An act passed in a chapter.
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     2. A member of a chapter.
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              The chapter itself, and all its members or
              capitulars.                           --Ayliffe.
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     3. The head or prominent part.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Capitular \Ca*pit"u*lar\, a.
     1. (Eccl.) Of or pertaining to a chapter; capitulary.
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              From the pope to the member of the capitular body.
                                                    --Milman.
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     2. (Bot.) Growing in, or pertaining to, a capitulum.
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     3. (Anat.) Pertaining to a capitulum; as, the capitular
        process of a vertebra, the process which articulates with
        the capitulum of a rib.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  capitular
       adj : of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter; "capitular
             estates" [syn: {capitulary}]