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capitularly

capitularly adverb: in the manner or form of, or acting as, a religious chapter.

Adverb

capitularly (comparative more capitularly, superlative most capitularly)

  1. In the manner or form of, or acting as, a religious chapter.
    • The dean of Strasburg , the prebendaries, the capitulars and domiciliars, (capitularly assembled in the morning to consider the case of buttered buns) all wished they had followed the nuns of Saint Ursula's example1759–1767, [Laurence Sterne], The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume (please specify |volume=I to IX), London: […] T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt, […]

Forms of capitularly

comparativemore capitularly
superlativemost capitularly

Origin of capitularly

From capitular + -ly.

Questions about capitularly

What does capitularly mean?
Capitularly means in the manner or form of, or acting as, a religious chapter.
What part of speech is capitularly?
Capitularly is an adverb.

Words near capitularly in the dictionary

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

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