Meaning Of Chapter

n.

A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters.

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.

n.

A community of canons or canonesses.

n.

A bishop's council.

n.

A business meeting of any religious community.

n.

An organized branch of some society or fraternity as of the Freemasons.

n.

A meeting of certain organized societies or orders.

n.

A chapter house.

n.

A decretal epistle.

n.

A location or compartment.

v. t.

To divide into chapters, as a book.

v. t.

To correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse.