Ca*pit"u*lar (?), n. [LL. capitulare, capitularium, fr. L. capitulum a small head, a chapter, dim. of capit head, chapter.]
1.
An act passed in a chapter.
2.
A member of a chapter.
The chapter itself, and all its members or capitulars.
Ayliffe.
3.
The head or prominent part.
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Ca*pit"u*lar (?), a.
1. Eccl.
Of or pertaining to a chapter; capitulary.
From the pope to the member of the capitular body.
Milman.
2. Bot.
Growing in, or pertaining to, a capitulum.
3. Anat.
Pertaining to a capitulum; as, the capitular process of a vetebra, the process which articulates with the capitulum of a rib.
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