CAPITULARY

n. a.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

A capitular.

2.
n.

The body of laws or statutes of a chapter, or of an ecclesiastical council.

3.
n.

A collection of laws or statutes, civil and ecclesiastical, esp. of the Frankish kings, in chapters or sections. Several of Charlemagne's capitularies. Hallam.

4.
a.

Relating to the chapter of a cathedral; capitular. "Capitulary acts." Warton.

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