Thesaurus: chapter

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1. n. A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters.
2. 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.
3. n. A community of canons or canonesses.
4. n. A bishop's council.
5. n. A business meeting of any religious community.
6. n. An organized branch of some society or fraternity as of the Freemasons.
7. n. A meeting of certain organized societies or orders.
8. n. A chapter house.
9. n. A decretal epistle.
10. n. A location or compartment.
11. v. t. To divide into chapters, as a book.
12. v. t. To correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse.