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Capitular

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.

  2. A member of a chapter.

    The chapter itself, and all its members or capitulars.
    --Ayliffe.

  3. The head or prominent part.

Capitular

Capitular \Ca*pit"u*lar\, a.

  1. (Eccl.) Of or pertaining to a chapter; capitulary.

    From the pope to the member of the capitular body.
    --Milman.

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

  3. (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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Wiktionary
capitular

a. 1 (context botany anatomy English) Pertaining to a capitulum. 2 Pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter. n. 1 An act passed in a chapter. 2 A member of a chapter. 3 The head or prominent part.

WordNet
capitular

adj. of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter; "capitular estates" [syn: capitulary]

Usage examples of "capitular".

Such too is the charming semi-Gothic capitular hall of Bocherville, exhibiting the Roman stratum up to half its height.