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   Chapter , 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.]
   A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters.
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   (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.
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   An organized branch of some society or fraternity as of the Freemasons.
   Robertson.
   
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   A meeting of certain organized societies or orders.
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   A chapter house. [R.]
   Burrill.
   
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   A decretal epistle.
   Ayliffe.
   
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   A location or compartment.
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   In his bosom! In what chapter of his bosom?
   Shak.
   
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   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.
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   Chapter , v. t.
   To divide into chapters, as a book.
   Fuller.
   
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   To correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse. [Obs.]
   Dryden.
   
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