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Webster 1913 Edition
Chapter
Chap′ter
,Noun.
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? Shakespeare
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
,Verb.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Chapter
CHAPTER
, n.1.
A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis contains fifty chapters. Hence the phrase, to the end of the chapter, that is, throughout; to the end.2.
In ecclesiastical polity, a society or community of clergymen, belonging to a cathedral or collegiate church.3.
A place where delinquents receive discipline and correction.4.
A decretal epistle.CHAPTER
,Verb.
T.