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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CAPITULARY

a.Relating to the chapter of a cathedral.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CAPITULARY

Ca *pit "u *la *ry, n.; pl. Capitularies. Etym: [See Capitular. ]

 

1. A capitular.

 

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

 

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

 

CAPITULARY

CAPITULARY Ca *pit "u *la *ry, a.

 

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

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

capitulary

ca pit u lar y |kəˈpiCHəˌlerē kəˈpɪtʃələri | ▶noun ( pl. capitularies ) historical a royal ordinance under the Merovingian dynasty. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from late Latin capitularius, from Latin capitulum in the sense ‘section of a law. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

capitulary

capitulary |kəˈpɪtjʊləri | ▶noun ( pl. capitularies ) historical a royal command under the Merovingian dynasty. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from late Latin capitularius, from Latin capitulum in the sense ‘section of a law ’.