Relating to a chapter, especially a cathedral chapter (the governing body of clergy at a cathedral).
From Old French chapitre and Latin capitulum, meaning 'small head' or 'heading,' which came to mean a section of a book or a division of an organization. The adjective form adds the Latin suffix -al.
Medieval cathedral chapters held enormous power—this adjective describes the legal and administrative documents that governed entire cities, making it a word loaded with medieval politics and church hierarchy.
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