1. Noun
A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters.
2. Noun
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. Noun
A community of canons or canonesses.
4. Noun
A bishop's council.
5. Noun
A business meeting of any religious community.
6. Noun
An organized branch of some society or fraternity as of the Freemasons.
7. Noun
A meeting of certain organized societies or orders.
8. Noun
A chapter house.
9. Noun
A decretal epistle.
10. Noun
A location or compartment.
11. Verb
To divide into chapters, as a book.
12. Verb
To correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse.
13. Noun
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled; "he read a chapter every night before falling asleep"
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