n. [ LL. capitulare, capitularium, fr. L. capitulum a small head, a chapter, dim. of capit head, chapter. ] 1. An act passed in a chapter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A member of a chapter. [ 1913 Webster ]

The chapter itself, and all its members or capitulars. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The head or prominent part. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. (Eccl.) Of or pertaining to a chapter; capitulary. [ 1913 Webster ]

From the pope to the member of the capitular body. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Growing in, or pertaining to, a capitulum. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Anat.) Pertaining to a capitulum; as, the capitular process of a vertebra, the process which articulates with the capitulum of a rib. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner or form of an ecclesiastical chapter. Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Capitularies /plu>. [ See Capitular. ] 1. A capitular. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The body of laws or statutes of a chapter, or of an ecclesiastical council. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A collection of laws or statutes, civil and ecclesiastical, esp. of the Frankish kings, in chapters or sections. [ 1913 Webster ]

Several of Charlemagne's capitularies. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to the chapter of a cathedral; capitular. “Capitulary acts.” Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]