Chapter
Chapter , noun
[Old French chapitre, French chapitre, from Latin capitulum, dim. of caput head, the chief person or thing, the principal division of a writing, chapter. See Chief, and cf, Chapiter.]
1.
A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters.
2.
(a) (Ecclesiastical) 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.
(b)
(Ecclesiastical) A community of canons or canonesses.
(c)
(Ecclesiastical) A bishop's council.
(d)
(Ecclesiastical) A business meeting of any religious community.
3.
An organized branch of some society or fraternity as of the Freemasons. — Robertson
4.
A meeting of certain organized societies or orders.
5.
A chapter house. [Rare] — Burrill
6.
A decretal epistle. — Ayliffe
7.
A location or compartment.
In his bosom! In what chapter of his bosom?
Collocations (3)
Chapter head or Chapter heading , that which stands at the head of a chapter, as a title.
Chapter house , a house or room where a chapter meets, esp. a cathedral chapter.
The chapter of accidents , chance. — Marryat
Chapter , transitive verb
1.
To divide into chapters, as a book. — Fuller
2.
To correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse. [Obsolete] — Dryden