About The Word Chapter

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Chapter

Chapter Meaning & Definition
Chapter Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Chapter?

[n] a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled; "he read a chapter every night before falling asleep"
[n] a series of related events forming an episode; "a chapter of disasters"
[n] a local branch of some fraternity or association; "he joined the Atlanta chapter"
[n] an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church
[n] 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"

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Related Terms | Find terms related to Chapter: affiliate | arm | article | back matter | basis | book | branch | branch office | burden | case | classis | clause | column | concern | conciliarism | conclave | conference | congregation | consistory | convention | convocation | Council of Nicaea | Council of Trent | diocesan conference | division | ecclesiastical council | ecumenical council | essence | fascicle | focus of attention | focus of interest | folio | front matter | gathering | gist | head | heading | installment | issue | Lateran Council | living issue | livraison | local | lodge | main point | matter | matter in hand | meat | motif | motive | number | offshoot | organ | page | paragraph | parochial church council | parochial council | part | passage | phrase | plenary council | point | point at issue | point in question | post | presbytery | problem | question | rubric | section | sentence | serial | session | sheet | signature | subject | subject matter | subject of thought | substance | synod | text | theme | topic | Vatican Council | verse | vestry | volume | wing

See Also | assembly | association | club | episode | frat | fraternity | gild | guild | lodge | order | phase | section | society | stage | subdivision | text | textual matter

Chapter In Webster's Dictionary

\Chap"ter\, n. [OF. chapitre, F. chapitre, fr. L. 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. (Eccl.) (a) 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) A community of canons or canonesses. (c) A bishop's council. (d) 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. [R.] --Burrill. 6. A decretal epistle. --Ayliffe. 7. A location or compartment. In his bosom! In what chapter of his bosom? --Shak. {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.
\Chap"ter\, v. t. 1. To divide into chapters, as a book. --Fuller. 2. To correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse. [Obs.] --Dryden.

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