Etymology From Late Latin capitulāre, capitulārium, capitulārius, from Latin capitulum (“a small head, a chapter”).
1
An act passed in a chapter.
2
A member of a chapter.
The chapter itself, and all its members or capitulars.1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. […], London: […] D. Leach, and sold by John Walthoe […], →OCLC:
3
The head or prominent part.
capitular
adj
Etymology From Middle English capituler, from Medieval Latin capitulāris, from Latin capitulum (“a small head, a chapter”).