Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In the form or manner of a chapter, as of a religious order.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In the manner or form of an ecclesiastical chapter.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In the manner or form of an
ecclesiastical chapter .
Etymologies
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capitular + -ly
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Examples
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The dean of Strasburg, the prebendaries, the capitulars and domiciliars (capitularly assembled in the morning to consider the case of butter’d buns) all wished they had followed the nuns of saint Ursula’s example. —
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The dean of Strasburg, the prebendaries, the capitulars and domiciliars (capitularly assembled in the morning to consider the case of butter’d buns) all wished they had followed the nuns of saint Ursula’s example. —
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