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Capitular adj.

(Eccl.) Of or pertaining to a chapter; capitulary. "From the pope to the member of the capitular body."

(Bot.) Growing in, or pertaining to, a capitulum.

(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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Etymology of 'Capitular'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Capitular" Quotes from Famous Books

... Ibid., iv., 5995. Henry VIII. no doubt also had his eye on Gustavus in Sweden where the Vesteraes Recess of 1527 had provided that all episcopal, capitular and monastic property which was not absolutely required should be handed over to the King, and conferred upon him an ecclesiastical jurisdiction as extensive as that afterwards conferred upon Henry VIII. ...

— Henry VIII. • A. F. Pollard

... monasteries, such as they were, necessarily kept themselves very quiet and unobtrusive. They were situated usually in out-of-the-way corners, solitudes apart from civilisation, or, at least, apart from the busy haunts of men. In the eighth century there is a marked difference. The Capitular of Aix-la-Chapelle, of 789, required that minor schools should be attached to all monasteries and cathedral churches without exception, and that children of all ranks, both noble and servile, should be received into them. Also that the larger monasteries should open major schools ...

— Illuminated Manuscripts • John W. Bradley

... seductae, credunt se et profitentur nocturnis horis cum Diana Paganorum dea et innumera multitudine mulierum equitare super quasdam bestias et multa terrarum spalia intempestae noctis silentio pertransire ejusque jussionibus veluti dominae obedire."—Baluz. Capitular. fragment. c. 13. Vide et Capitul. Herardi, ...

— The Phantom World - or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. • Augustin Calmet

Words linked to "Capitular" : capitulary