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capitulary, a. and n.|kəˈpɪtjʊlərɪ|
[ad. med.L. capitulārius, -ium in same senses; F. capitulaire. Cf. capitular.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to a chapter.
1774T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry III. §35 (R.) The register of the capitulary acts of York Cathedral. 1861Times 23 May (Milan), The Capitulary Vicar has prohibited the clergy from taking part in the approaching national fête.
B. n.
1. A member of an ecclesiastical chapter. ? Obs.
1694Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) III. 298 The grand dean..adjourned the chapter..and retired with 22 capitularies.
2. A collection of ordinances (in mod.L. called capitula), especially those made on their own authority by the Frankish kings.
1650C. Elderfield Tythes 111 And the capitularies [say] that they were the vows of the faithful. 1747Carte Hist. Eng. I. 240 Enjoined by the capitularies of Charle-Magne. 1844Ld. Brougham Brit. Const. iii. (1862) 54 We have also an ordinance of 829, the Capitulary of Worms. 1875Stubbs Const. Hist. I. i. 10 Germany, except in the few Capitularies of the Frank sovereigns, has no central or common written law.
3. A heading, title, category.
1824–9Landor Imag. Conv., Southey & Porson i. All that portion of our metre..ranged under the capitulary of lyric. |