2. The body of laws or statutes of a chapter, or of an
ecclesiastical council.
[1913 Webster]
3. A collection of laws or statutes, civil and
ecclesiastical, esp. of the Frankish kings, in chapters or
sections.
[1913 Webster]
Several of Charlemagne's capitularies. --Hallam. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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Collections of Ancient Canons — Collections of Ancient Canons † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Collections of Ancient Canons While the essential principles of the constitution and government of the Church were immutably fixed by her Divine Founder, ecclesiastical… … Catholic encyclopedia
