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adjective
1.
pertaining to a chapter, especially to an ecclesiastical one.
noun
2.
a member of a chapter, especially of an ecclesiastical one.
3.
Often, capitularies. an ordinance or law of a Frankish sovereign.
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Capitulary
has a plethora of syllables.
So is floccinaucinihilipilification. Does it mean:
| the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). |
| (used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.) |
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capitulary
ordinance, usually divided into articles (Latin: capitula), promulgated by the Carolingian sovereigns (Charlemagne and his heirs) in western Europe (8th to late 9th century). These ordinances dealt with various issues of administration, the royal domains, and public order and justice, as well as with ecclesiastical problems. Similar acts had been promulgated earlier by the Merovingians
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