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Webster 1913 Edition
Capitulary
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.
Ca-pit′u-la-ry
,Adj.
Relating to the chapter of a cathedral; capitular.
“Capitulary acts.” Warton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Capitulary
CAPITULARY
,Noun.
1.
An act passed in a chapter, either of knights, canons or religious.2.
The body of laws or statutes of a chapter, or of an ecclesiastical council. This name is also given to the laws, civil and ecclesiastical, made by Charlemagne, and other princes, in general councils and assemblies of the people. Some indeed have alledged that these are supplements to laws. They are so called, because they are divided into chapters or sections.3.
The member of a chapter.