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The Capitularia or Capitularies, was a code of laws promulgated by Childebert, Clotaire, Carloman, Pepin, Charlemague, and other kings. It was so called from the small chapters or heads into which they were divided. The edition by Baluze, published in 1677, is said to be the best.

[L. capitula, little chapters; articles of instruction from bishops to their clergy.] A term applied to ordinances issued by the Frankish kings, many of them concerned with the government of the Church.