Definitions of chapter
-
To
divide
into
chapters,
as
a
book.
-
To
correct;
to
bring
to
book,
i.
e.,
to
demand
chapter
and
verse.
-
To
divide
or
arrange
into
chapters,
as
a
literary
composition.
-
To
divide
into
chapters;
to
put
headings
on
chapters.
-
a
subdivision
of
a
written
work;
usually
numbered
and
titled; "
he
read
a
chapter
every
night
before
falling
asleep"
-
a
series
of
related
events
forming
an
episode; "
a
chapter
of
disasters"
-
a
local
branch
of
some
fraternity
or
association; "
he
joined
the
Atlanta
chapter"
-
an
ecclesiastical
assembly
of
the
monks
in
a
monastery
or
even
of
the
canons
of
a
church
-
A
division
of
a
book
or
treatise;
as,
Genesis
has
fifty
chapters.
-
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.
-
A
community
of
canons
or
canonesses.
-
A
bishop's
council.
-
A
business
meeting
of
any
religious
community.
-
An
organized
branch
of
some
society
or
fraternity
as
of
the
Freemasons.
-
A
meeting
of
certain
organized
societies
or
orders.
-
A
chapter
house.
-
A
decretal
epistle.
-
A
location
or
compartment.
-
A
division
of
a
book;
a
meeting
of
certain
societies
or
orders;
a
body
of
those
who
hold
such
a
meeting.
-
A
head
or
division
of
a
book:
a
corporation
of
clergymen
belonging
to
a
cathedral
or
collegiate
church:
an
organized
branch
of
some
society
or
fraternity.
-
A
division
of
a
book;
a
corporation
of
clergymen.
-
The
clergy
of
a
cathedral.
-
A
branch
of
a
society.
-
A
division
of
a
book;
a
decretal
epistle;
the
body
of
clergymen
attached
to
a
cathedral
or
collegiate
church;
a
meeting
of
the
members
of
a
religious
order;
an
organized
branch
of
some
society
or
fraternity.
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