capitular

capitular is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.A member of a chapter. The chapter itself, and all its members or capitulars. Ayliffe.
  2. 2.The head or prominent part.
  3. 3.(Eccl.) Of or pertaining to a chapter; capitulary. From the pope to the member of the capitular body. Milman.
  4. 4.(Bot.) Growing in, or pertaining to, a capitulum.
  5. 5.(Anat.) Pertaining to a capitulum; as, the capitular process of a vetebra, the process which articulates with the capitulum of a rib.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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