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in connexion with books,
a chapter
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  • Hér geendiaþ þá capitulas

    expliciunt capitula,

      R. Ben. 8, 31: 6, 4.
  • Hér onginnað ðisse bóce capitulas,

      Ll. Th. ii. 128, 5, 7.
  • Hér onginð seó óðer bóc mid hire capitulon,

      180, 40.
  • Mæg sé ðe wile þá capitulas æfter ðǽre foresprǽce geendebyrdian

    any one who likes can make an index to the chapters after the preface,

      Hml. Th. ii. 2, 19.
a short passage from Scripture,
a lesson
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  • Fylige capitel

    (lectio)

    of þǽra apostola láre bútan béc gesǽd,
      R. Ben. 34, 1.
  • Æfter geendunge þára þreora sealma sié án capitul (kapitol, R. Ben. I. 47, 9) gecweden

    recitetur lectio una,

      41, 1.
  • Sý ánes capitules rǽding gecweden

    lectio recitanda est,

    11.
  • Feówer capitulas

    (capitula),

    þæt is feówer tódála angin þæs cxviii-an sealmes,
      42, 1.
an anthem
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  • Þrý capitulas

    (capitula)

    sýn gesungene,
      R. Ben. 42, 4.
  • Tó nónsange sýn þrý capitulas gesungene of þám nigan capitulum þe tó láfe synt, 18.
a chapter, meeting of ecclesiastics
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  • Þe abbot eóde intó capitulan,

      Chr. 1083; P. 214, 22.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. capitle. O. H. Ger. kapital (-el, -ul) inscriptio, titulus: Icel. kapituli (wk.) a chapter. From Latin.]
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