Capitulary
pertaining to a chapter, especially to an ecclesiastical one.
a member of a chapter, especially of an ecclesiastical one.
Often, capitularies. an ordinance or law of a Frankish sovereign.
Historical Examples
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 Various
Medieval People Eileen Edna Power
Led Astray and The Sphinx Octave Feuillet
noun (pl) -laries
any of the collections of ordinances promulgated by the Frankish kings (8th–10th centuries ad)
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