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Slype :: Slype (n.) A narrow passage between two buildings, as between the transept and chapter house of a monastery..

Chapter :: Chapter (v. t.) To divide into chapters, as a book..

Chapter :: Chapter (v. t.) To correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse..

Chapter :: Chapter (n.) A bishop's council.

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.

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..

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..

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..

Argument :: Argument (n.) The subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem..

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..

Interchapter :: Interchapter (n.) An intervening or inserted chapter.

Canoness :: Canoness (n.) A woman who holds a canonry in a conventual chapter.

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.

Capitularly :: Capitularly (adv.) In the manner or form of an ecclesiastical chapter.

Chapter :: Chapter (n.) A chapter house.

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

Cellarer :: Cellarer (n.) A steward or butler of a monastery or chapter; one who has charge of procuring and keeping the provisions.

Canon :: Canon (n.) A member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.

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..

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