| n. | 1. | A division of a book or treatise; | |||||||||
| 2. | (Eccl.) An assembly of monks, or of the prebends and other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual, or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean. | ||||||||||
| 3. | An organized branch of some society or fraternity as of the Freemasons. | ||||||||||
| 4. | A meeting of certain organized societies or orders. | ||||||||||
| 5. | A chapter house. | ||||||||||
| 6. | A decretal epistle. | ||||||||||
| 7. | A location or compartment.
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| v. t. | 1. | To divide into chapters, as a book. | |||||||||
| 2. | To correct; to bring to book, | ||||||||||
| Noun | 1. | chapter - a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled; "he read a chapter every night before falling asleep" |
| 2. | chapter - any distinct period in history or in a person's life; "the industrial revolution opened a new chapter in British history"; "the divorce was an ugly chapter in their relationship" | |
| 3. | chapter - a local branch of some fraternity or association; "he joined the Atlanta chapter" | |
| 4. | chapter - an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church | |
| 5. | chapter - a series of related events forming an episode; "a chapter of disasters" |
CHAPTER, eccl. law. A congregation of clergymen. Such an assembly is termed capitulum, which signifies a little head it being a kind of head, not only to govern the diocese in the vacation of the bishopric, but also for other purposes. Co. Litt. 103.
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