capitularlyadv.
/kəˈpɪtjᵿləli/, /kəˈpɪtʃᵿləli/, U.S. /kəˈpɪtʃələrli/ Now rare.
In the form of, or as, a chapter (chapter n. 5).
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a1632 L. Hutten in Textus Roffensis (1720) 330 Elme Trees..which, they saie, representeth the Abbatt and his Covent, Capittularly assembled.
1702 Acc. Transact. Present Convocation 5 The Dean and Prebendarys..meeting Capitularly in the Jerusalem Chamber.
1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IV. Slawkenbergius's Tale 28 The dean of Strasburg, the prebendaries, the capitulars and domiciliars (capitularly assembled in the morning to consider the case of buttered buns).
1858 Times 9 June 5/3 By virtue of the authority given to me by the president and chapter of this cathedral, now capitularly congregated.
c1887 J. Gillow Literary & Biogr. Hist. Eng. Catholics III. 199 It was not till after the expiration of two years, on Nov. 25, 1652, that she was capitularly chosen first prioress of the convent.
1902 Law Times Rep. 15 Mar. 79/2 The Episcopal See of Worcester..did capitularly assemble.
2000 Recusant Hist. 25 ii. 233 There were over a hundred priests at the Mass of dedication and the Westminster Chapter assisted capitularly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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