Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An ecclesiastical or civil ordinance.
- noun A set of such ordinances, especially those promulgated by Charlemagne and his successors.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
capitular - noun pl. capitularies (-riz). Same as
capitular , 1, 2, and 3.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A capitular.
- noun The body of laws or statutes of a chapter, or of an ecclesiastical council.
- noun A collection of laws or statutes, civil and ecclesiastical, esp. of the Frankish kings, in chapters or sections.
- adjective Relating to the chapter of a cathedral; capitular.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A member of an
ecclesiastical chapter - noun A set of
decrees , especially those made by the Frankish kings - adjective Of or pertaining to a
chapter
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"capitulary" of Lothair, and in 825 in an imperial decree by which he was appointed "master" of the school at Pavia.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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The capitulary, which was issued in 808, describes the military obligations of landowners.
De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History » Charlemagne’s way of raising troops 2009
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A capitulary of 805 provided for medical education, and another condemned medical superstitions.
Charlemagne, King of the Franks, 28 Jan 814 de Brantigny........................ 2009
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A further capitulary of 789 urged the directors of these schools to “take care to make no difference between the sons of serfs and of freemen, so that they might come and sit on the same benches to study grammar, music, and arithmetic.”
Charlemagne, King of the Franks, 28 Jan 814 de Brantigny........................ 2009
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That this capitulary meant what it said appears from the case of the duke of Istria, who, being accused by the missi of divers injustices and extortions, was forced by the King to restore his thievings, compensate every wronged man, publicly confess his crimes, and give security against their repetition.
Charlemagne, King of the Franks, 28 Jan 814 de Brantigny........................ 2009
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The first capitulary, which was sent to Italian officials in 801, is from the Capitulare Italicum.
De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History » Charlemagne’s way of raising troops 2009
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The third capitulary is from the Capitulare Aquisgranense.
De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History » Charlemagne’s way of raising troops 2009
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The first capitulary, which was sent to Italian officials in 801, is from the Capitulare Italicum.
De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History » 2009 » July 2009
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The second capitulary is from the Capitulare missorum de exercitu promovendo.
De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History » Charlemagne’s way of raising troops 2009
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The resulting resolutions from the assembly at Boulonge can be found in the third capitulary.
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