Definition of chapter

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Chapter (n.) A community of canons or canonesses.

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Coronis :: Coronis (n.) The curved line or flourish at the end of a book or chapter; hence, the end..
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.
Slype :: Slype (n.) A narrow passage between two buildings, as between the transept and chapter house of a monastery..
Chapter :: Chapter (n.) A location or compartment.
Respond :: Respond (n.) A short anthem sung at intervals during the reading of a chapter.
Capitular :: Capitular (n.) A member of a chapter.
Chapter :: Chapter (n.) A community of canons or canonesses.
Capitulate :: Capitulate (n.) To settle or draw up the heads or terms of an agreement, as in chapters or articles; to agree..
Capitular :: Capitular (a.) Of or pertaining to a chapter; capitulary.
Eleventh :: Eleventh (a.) Next after the tenth; as, the eleventh chapter..
Headpiece :: Headpiece (n.) An engraved ornament at the head of a chapter, or of a page..
Verse :: Verse (n.) One of the short divisions of the chapters in the Old and New Testaments.
Quotation :: Quotation (n.) A piece of hollow type metal, lower than type, and measuring two or more pica ems in length and breadth, used in the blank spaces at the beginning and end of chapters, etc..
Chapter :: Chapter (v. t.) To divide into chapters, as a book..
Paragraph :: Paragraph (n.) A distinct part of a discourse or writing; any section or subdivision of a writing or chapter which relates to a particular point, whether consisting of one or many sentences. The division is sometimes noted by the mark /, but usually, by beginning the first sentence of the paragraph on a new line and at more than the usual distance from the margin..
Chapter :: Chapter (n.) A meeting of certain organized societies or orders.
Hexahemeron :: Hexahemeron (n.) The history of the six day's work of creation, as contained in the first chapter of Genesis..
Hebdomadary :: Hebdomadary (n.) A member of a chapter or convent, whose week it is to officiate in the choir, and perform other services, which, on extraordinary occasions, are performed by the superiors..
Canonry :: Canonry (n. pl.) A benefice or prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church; a right to a place in chapter and to a portion of its revenues; the dignity or emoluments of a canon.
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