Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A chapter.
- noun In botany, same as
capitulum , 3.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A summary.
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- noun obsolete A
summary .
Etymologies
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Latin capitulum ("chapter") (diminutive of caput ("head")).
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Examples
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‘piété’; from ‘capitulum’, ‘chapitre’ and ‘capitule’, a botanical term.
English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846
bestiary commented on the word capitule
summary (from L. capitulum small head, chapter)
July 24, 2008