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capitular

capitular noun: an act passed in a chapter.

Noun

capitular (plural capitulars)

  1. An act passed in a chapter.
  2. A member of a chapter.
    • The chapter itself, and all its members or capitulars.1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. […], London: […] D. Leach, and sold by John...
  3. The head or prominent part.

Adjective

capitular (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to a capitulum.
    • the capitular process of a vertebra
  2. Pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter.
    • From the pope to the member of the capitular body.1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity

capitular meaning in Tamil and Bengali

capitular in Tamil

திருச்சபைக் குழுவுடைய

capitular in Bengali

অধ্যায়

Forms of capitular

pluralcapitulars

Origin of capitular

From Late Latin capitulāre, capitulārium, capitulārius, from Latin capitulum (“a small head, a chapter”).

From Middle English capituler, from Medieval Latin capitulāris, from Latin capitulum (“a small head, a chapter”).

Words formed from capitular

Questions about capitular

What does capitular mean?
Capitular means an act passed in a chapter.
What is capitular in Tamil?
Capitular in Tamil is திருச்சபைக் குழுவுடைய. See Capitular meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is capitular?
Capitular can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of capitular?
The plural of capitular is capitulars.

Words near capitular in the dictionary

  1. capitoulats
  2. capitouls
  3. capitula
  4. capitulant
  5. capitulants
  6. capitular
  7. capitularies
  8. capitularly
  9. capitulars
  10. capitulary
  11. capitulate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: capitular (page history and authors); capitular (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); capitular (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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