Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
adj
Pertaining to a capitulum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: anatomy, biology, botany, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An act passed in a chapter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A member of a chapter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The head or prominent part.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: capitulary
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English capituler, from Medieval Latin capitulāris, from Latin capitulum (“a small head, a chapter”).
From Late Latin capitulāre, capitulārium, capitulārius, from Latin capitulum (“a small head, a chapter”).
