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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Chapter :: Chapter (n.) A bishop's council.
Caption :: Caption (n.) The heading of a chapter, section, or page..
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 division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters..
Chapter :: Chapter (n.) A community of canons or canonesses.
Capitulary :: Capitulary (n.) The body of laws or statutes of a chapter, or of an ecclesiastical council..
Eleventh :: Eleventh (a.) Next after the tenth; as, the eleventh chapter..
Capitulary :: Capitulary (n.) A collection of laws or statutes, civil and ecclesiastical, esp. of the Frankish kings, in chapters or sections..
Black Rod :: Black Rod () the usher to the Chapter of the Garter, so called from the black rod which he carries. He is of the king's chamber, and also usher to the House of Lords..
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..
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..
Capitulate :: Capitulate (n.) To settle or draw up the heads or terms of an agreement, as in chapters or articles; to agree..
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..
Headpiece :: Headpiece (n.) An engraved ornament at the head of a chapter, or of a page..
Hexahemeron :: Hexahemeron (n.) The history of the six day's work of creation, as contained in the first chapter of Genesis..
Capitulary :: Capitulary (a.) Relating to the chapter of a cathedral; capitular.
Chapter :: Chapter (v. t.) To correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse..
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..
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.
Slype :: Slype (n.) A narrow passage between two buildings, as between the transept and chapter house of a monastery..
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