[F. capitoul, a. Pr. capitol:—late L. capitōlium, for capitulum chapter, town-hall.] A name given to the municipal magistrates of Toulouse.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., s.v.
1756. Nugent, Gr. Tour, IV. 243. Their eschevins were called capitouls.
1818. Hallam, Mid. Ages (1872), I. 347. The capitouls of Toulouse pretend to an extravagant antiquity.
