CAPITOLIAN; CAPITOLINE Cap`i*to"li*an, Cap"i*to*line, a. Etym: [L. capitolinus: cf. F. capitolin.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Capitol in Rome. "Capitolian Jove." Macaulay. Capitoline games (Antiq.), annual games instituted at Rome by Camillus, in honor of Jupter Capitolinus, on account of the preservation of the Capitol from the Gauls; when reinstituted by Domitian, arter a period of neglect, they were held every fifth year.
CAPITULA
Ca*pit"u*la, n. pl.
Defn: See Capitulum.
CAPITULAR Ca*pit"u*lar, n. Etym: [LL. capitulare, capitularium, fr. L. capitulum a small head, a chapter, dim. of capit head, chapter.]
1. An act passed in a chapter.
2. A member of a chapter. The chapter itself, and all its members or capitulars. Ayliffe.
3. The head or prominent part.
CAPITULAR
Ca*pit"u*lar, a.
1. (Eccl.)