'Capitular' definitions:

Definition of 'capitular'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter; "capitular estates" [syn: capitular, capitulary]

Definition of 'Capitular'

From: 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A member of a chapter. [1913 Webster]
  • The chapter itself, and all its members or capitulars. --Ayliffe. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The head or prominent part. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Capitular'

From: GCIDE
  • Capitular \Ca*pit"u*lar\, a.
  • 1. (Eccl.) Of or pertaining to a chapter; capitulary. [1913 Webster]
  • From the pope to the member of the capitular body. --Milman. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Bot.) Growing in, or pertaining to, a capitulum. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Anat.) Pertaining to a capitulum; as, the capitular process of a vertebra, the process which articulates with the capitulum of a rib. [1913 Webster]

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