capitular

[kuh-pich-uh-ler]

ca·pit·u·lar

[kuh-pich-uh-ler]
noun
1.
a member of an ecclesiastical chapter.
2.
capitulars, the laws or statutes of a chapter or of an ecclesiastical council.
adjective
3.
Botany. capitate.
4.
pertaining to an ecclesiastical or other chapter.

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Capitular is always a great word to know.
So is bryophytes. Does it mean:
phase in plant life which begins with a spore produced by meiosis
phylum of green, nonvascular, seedless plants comprised of true mosses, hornworts and liverworts

Origin:
1605–15; < Medieval Latin capitulāris, equivalent to capitul(um) chapter (literally, small head; see capitulum) + -āris -ar1

ca·pit·u·lar·ly, adverb
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capitular (kəˈpɪtjʊlə)
 
adj
1.  of or associated with a cathedral chapter
2.  of or relating to a capitulum
 
[C17: from Medieval Latin capitulāris, from capitulumchapter]
 
ca'pitularly
 
adv

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