English English Dictionary
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Chapter
(n.)
A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters.
Chapter
(n.)
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.
Chapter
(n.)
A community of canons or canonesses.
Chapter
(n.)
A bishop's council.
Chapter
(n.)
A business meeting of any religious community.
Chapter
(n.)
An organized branch of some society or fraternity as of the Freemasons.
Chapter
(n.)
A meeting of certain organized societies or orders.
Chapter
(n.)
A chapter house.
Chapter
(n.)
A decretal epistle.
Chapter
(n.)
A location or compartment.
Chapter
(v. t.)
To divide into chapters, as a book.
Chapter
(v. t.)
To correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse.