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capitule

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A summary.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Synonym of chapter: a reading at one of the canonical hours.

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Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism

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Synonyms: chapter

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noun

Meaning 3

The flowering head that terminates a stem, a flower or flower head.

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Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin capitulum (“chapter”) (diminutive of Latin caput (“head”)).