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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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2. A member of a chapter.
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The chapter itself, and all its members or
capitulars. --Ayliffe.
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3. The head or prominent part.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Capitular \Ca*pit"u*lar\, a.
1. (Eccl.) Of or pertaining to a chapter; capitulary.
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From the pope to the member of the capitular body.
--Milman.
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2. (Bot.) Growing in, or pertaining to, a capitulum.
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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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