> capitular /kəˈpɪtjʊlə(r)/, a. and sb.
Etymology: ad. med.L. capitulār-is adj., capitulāre sb., f. capitulum in its various senses: see below.
A. adj.
1. Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter; governed by a chapter.
1611 Cotgr., ― Capitulaire, capitular; of, or belonging to, a chapter.
1651 Life Father Sarpi (1676) 36 ― That in a capitular action··should be sent forth two Apostolical Briefs.
1747 Carte Hist. Eng. I. 787 ― Seizing the temporalities of bishops and capitular bodies.
1861 A. B. Hope Eng. Cathedr. 19th C. 182 ― Some of the old cathedrals had been served by chapters o…