Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A chapter.
  • noun In botany, same as capitulum, 3.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A summary.

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  • noun obsolete A summary.

Etymologies

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Latin capitulum ("chapter") (diminutive of caput ("head")).

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Examples

  • ‘piété’; from ‘capitulum’, ‘chapitre’ and ‘capitule’, a botanical term.

    English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846

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  • summary (from L. capitulum small head, chapter)

    July 24, 2008