chapter

1. n. A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

3. n. A community of canons or canonesses. Source: opted

4. n. A bishop's council. Source: opted

5. n. A business meeting of any religious community. Source: opted

6. n. An organized branch of some society or fraternity as of the Freemasons. Source: opted

7. n. A meeting of certain organized societies or orders. Source: opted

8. n. A chapter house. Source: opted

9. n. A decretal epistle. Source: opted

10. n. A location or compartment. Source: opted

11. v. t. To divide into chapters, as a book. Source: opted

12. v. t. To correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse. Source: opted

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