Definition of chapter

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

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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.) A chapter house.
Explain :: Explain (a.) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to expound; to unfold and illustrate the meaning of; as, to explain a chapter of the Bible..
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..
Canon :: Canon (n.) A member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
Chapter :: Chapter (v. t.) To correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse..
Interchapter :: Interchapter (n.) An intervening or inserted chapter.
Capitularly :: Capitularly (adv.) In the manner or form of an ecclesiastical chapter.
Capitulary :: Capitulary (n.) A collection of laws or statutes, civil and ecclesiastical, esp. of the Frankish kings, in chapters or sections..
Official :: Official (a.) An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction..
Chapter :: Chapter (n.) An organized branch of some society or fraternity as of the Freemasons.
Respond :: Respond (n.) A short anthem sung at intervals during the reading of a chapter.
Verse :: Verse (n.) One of the short divisions of the chapters in the Old and New Testaments.
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..
Title :: Title (n.) A section or division of a subject, as of a law, a book, specif. (Roman & Canon Laws), a chapter or division of a law book..
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..
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..
Capitular :: Capitular (a.) Of or pertaining to a chapter; capitulary.
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.
Chapter :: Chapter (n.) A bishop's council.
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