Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to a chapter, especially an ecclesiastical chapter.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Belonging to a chapter, in any sense of that word. Also
capitulary . - In botany, growing in a capitulum or head. See
capitate . - In zoology and anatomy, pertaining to a capitulum.
- noun An act passed in a chapter, as of knights or canons.
- noun plural The body of laws or statutes of a chapter or of an ecclesiastical council.
- noun A member of a chapter.
- noun In the preceding senses also
capitulary . - noun [Sp., ⟨ ML.: see above.] In parts of America settled by Spaniards, a regidor elected to the ayuntamiento or town council, as distinguished from one appointed by the executive authority.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Eccl.) Of or pertaining to a chapter; capitulary.
- adjective (Bot.) Growing in, or pertaining to, a capitulum.
- adjective (Anat.) Pertaining to a capitulum.
- noun An act passed in a chapter.
- noun A member of a chapter.
- noun The head or prominent part.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany, anatomy Pertaining to a
capitulum . - adjective Pertaining to an ecclesiastical
chapter .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Bishop Turton and Dean Peacock gave the cost of their own figures respectively, and the remainder was paid by the capitular body.
Ely Cathedral Anonymous
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The proper lighting of the Cathedral is a matter for consideration; this also might be regarded as a work devolving upon the capitular body: but when the extremely artistic character of the standards or coronæ, which such a building requires, is taken into account, perhaps it may be fairly added to the list of works in which the friends of the Cathedral may be asked to co-operate.
Ely Cathedral Anonymous
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He had revived in 1249 a statute of his predecessor, Simon de Welles, and extended "the capitular contribution to half the revenues of every prebend, whilst one moiety of a prebend vacant by death went to the fabric and the rest to the use of the canons."
Bell's Cathedrals: Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See Hubert C. Corlette
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Though the minster had become a cathedral when the bishopric was instituted, yet the prior and convent were always custodians of the fabric, and apparently supreme therein; and there was nothing strictly corresponding to a capitular body.
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In his last year the Archbishop had to restrain the proctors of absent canons from acting independently in the administration of the prebends, and from exercising capitular authority.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric Cecil Walter Charles Hallett
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A more competent authority on matters capitular than Sydney
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch Arthur Dimock
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Abbaye de Saint Gall, of which Charlemagne was capitular.
Royal Palaces and Parks of France Blanche McManus
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Digging was begun near the door of the capitular room and in a short time an unmarked grave was found containing human remains and military insignia.
Santo Domingo A Country with a Future Otto Schoenrich
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The earlier Parliaments returned by the first Reform Bill brought about sweeping and ill-considered changes, both diocesan and capitular.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch Arthur Dimock
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Nevertheless, in an age when every action of life was invested with a religious character, the western part may have been used for capitular purposes even without a dividing wall, and the gritstone benches, so significant of those purposes, are doubtless of considerable age.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric Cecil Walter Charles Hallett
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