Definition of chapter

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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..

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Eleventh :: Eleventh (a.) Next after the tenth; as, the eleventh chapter..
Capitularly :: Capitularly (adv.) In the manner or form of an ecclesiastical chapter.
Capitulary :: Capitulary (a.) Relating to the chapter of a cathedral; capitular.
Capitular :: Capitular (n.) A member of a chapter.
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..
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.
Canon :: Canon (n.) A member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
Capitulate :: Capitulate (n.) To settle or draw up the heads or terms of an agreement, as in chapters or articles; to agree..
Append :: Append (v. t.) To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex; as, notes appended to this chapter..
Respond :: Respond (n.) A short anthem sung at intervals during the reading of a chapter.
Millennium :: Millennium (n.) A thousand years; especially, the thousand years mentioned in the twentieth chapter in the twentieth chapter of Revelation, during which holiness is to be triumphant throughout the world. Some believe that, during this period, Christ will reign on earth in person with his saints..
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.
Chapter :: Chapter (n.) A decretal epistle.
Capital :: Capital (a.) A chapter, or section, of a book..
Slype :: Slype (n.) A narrow passage between two buildings, as between the transept and chapter house of a monastery..
Capitulary :: Capitulary (n.) A collection of laws or statutes, civil and ecclesiastical, esp. of the Frankish kings, in chapters or sections..
Chapter :: Chapter (n.) A business meeting of any religious community.
Fac :: Fac (n.) A large ornamental letter used, esp. by the early printers, at the commencement of the chapters and other divisions of a book..
Capitular :: Capitular (a.) Of or pertaining to a chapter; capitulary.
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