capitulary

capitulary
/kapityalariy/
In French law, a collection and code of the laws and ordinances promulgated by the kings of the Merovingian and Carlovingian dynasties. Any orderly and systematic collection or code of laws.
See code.
In ecclesiastical law, a collection of laws and ordinances orderly arranged by divisions. A book containing the beginning and end of each Gospel which is to be read every day in the ceremony of saying mass

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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  • capitulary — noun (plural laries) Etymology: Medieval Latin capitulare, literally, document divided into sections, from Late Latin capitulum section, chapter more at chapter Date: 1650 a civil or ecclesiastical ordinance; also …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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