Ca*pit"u*lar (?), n. [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.

Ca*pit"u*lar (?), a. 1. (Eccl.) Of or pertaining to a chapter; capitulary.

From the pope to the member of the capitular body.
Milman.

2. (Bot.) Growing in, or pertaining to, a capitulum.

3. (Anat.) Pertaining to a capitulum; as, the capitular process of a vertebra, the process which articulates with the capitulum of a rib.