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Etymology

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From capitular +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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capitularly (comparative more capitularly, superlative most capitularly)

  1. (religion) In the manner or form of, or acting as, a religious chapter.
    • 1759–1767, [Laurence Sterne], The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volumes (please specify |volume=I to IX), London: [] T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt, []:
      The dean of Strasburg , the prebendaries, the capitulars and domiciliars, (capitularly assembled in the morning to consider the case of buttered buns) all wished they had followed the nuns of Saint Ursula's example

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