Definition of chapter

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Chapter (n.) A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters..

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Capitular :: Capitular (n.) A member of a chapter.
Append :: Append (v. t.) To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex; as, notes appended to this chapter..
Coronis :: Coronis (n.) The curved line or flourish at the end of a book or chapter; hence, the end..
Cellarer :: Cellarer (n.) A steward or butler of a monastery or chapter; one who has charge of procuring and keeping the provisions.
Capitular :: Capitular (n.) An act passed in a chapter.
Slype :: Slype (n.) A narrow passage between two buildings, as between the transept and chapter house of a monastery..
Eleventh :: Eleventh (a.) Next after the tenth; as, the eleventh chapter..
Chapter :: Chapter (n.) A decretal epistle.
Chapter :: Chapter (n.) An organized branch of some society or fraternity as of the Freemasons.
Benedicite :: Benedicite (n.) A canticle (the Latin version of which begins with this word) which may be used in the order for morning prayer in the Church of England. It is taken from an apocryphal addition to the third chapter of Daniel.
Vignette :: Vignette (n.) A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position; hence, by extension, any small picture in a book; hence, also, as such pictures are often without a definite bounding line, any picture, as an engraving, a photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge..
Section :: Section (n.) A distinct part or portion of a book or writing; a subdivision of a chapter; the division of a law or other writing; a paragraph; an article; hence, the character /, often used to denote such a division..
Canoness :: Canoness (n.) A woman who holds a canonry in a conventual chapter.
Capitulary :: Capitulary (n.) A collection of laws or statutes, civil and ecclesiastical, esp. of the Frankish kings, in chapters or sections..
Capitulary :: Capitulary (a.) Relating to the chapter of a cathedral; capitular.
Motto :: Motto (n.) A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim..
Chapter :: Chapter (n.) A chapter house.
Official :: Official (a.) An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction..
Capitulary :: Capitulary (n.) The body of laws or statutes of a chapter, or of an ecclesiastical council..
Chapter :: Chapter (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..
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