Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

capitular

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English

Syllables: ca-pit-u-lar
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An act passed in a chapter.

noun

A member of a chapter.

noun

The head or prominent part.

adj

Pertaining to a capitulum.

adj

Pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter.

Example Sentences

"The chapter itself, and all its members or capitulars."
"the capitular process of a vertebra"
"From the pope to the member of the capitular body."

Etymology

From Late Latin capitulāre, capitulārium, capitulārius, from Latin capitulum (“a small head, a chapter”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: capitulāre, capitulum, capituler, capitulāris

Inflected Forms

capitulars (plural)

Derived Forms

capitularly circumcapitular coelocapitular

Synonyms

capitulary

Questions

What does capitular mean?: An act passed in a chapter.
Where does capitular come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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