A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters.
Use in sentences of CHAPTER
Meaning of CHAPTER in English
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.
To divide into chapters, as a book.
To correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse.