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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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..
Coronis :: Coronis (n.) The curved line or flourish at the end of a book or chapter; hence, the end..
Capital :: Capital (a.) A chapter, or section, of a book..
Capitularly :: Capitularly (adv.) In the manner or form of an ecclesiastical chapter.
Chapter :: Chapter (v. t.) To correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse..
Append :: Append (v. t.) To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex; as, notes appended to this chapter..
Official :: Official (a.) An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction..
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..
Chapter :: Chapter (n.) An organized branch of some society or fraternity as of the Freemasons.
Chapter :: Chapter (n.) A business meeting of any religious community.
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..
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..
Capitulary :: Capitulary (n.) A collection of laws or statutes, civil and ecclesiastical, esp. of the Frankish kings, in chapters or sections..
Canon :: Canon (n.) A member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
Capitular :: Capitular (a.) Of or pertaining to a chapter; capitulary.
Chapter :: Chapter (n.) A chapter house.
Slype :: Slype (n.) A narrow passage between two buildings, as between the transept and chapter house of a monastery..
Cellarer :: Cellarer (n.) A steward or butler of a monastery or chapter; one who has charge of procuring and keeping the provisions.
Chapter :: Chapter (n.) A meeting of certain organized societies or orders.
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