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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Respond :: Respond (n.) A short anthem sung at intervals during the reading of a chapter.
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 bishop's council.
Chapter :: Chapter (n.) A decretal epistle.
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..
Chapter :: Chapter (n.) A business meeting of any religious community.
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.
Caption :: Caption (n.) The heading of a chapter, section, or page..
Verse :: Verse (n.) One of the short divisions of the chapters in the Old and New Testaments.
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..
Capitulary :: Capitulary (a.) Relating to the chapter of a cathedral; capitular.
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..
Capital :: Capital (a.) A chapter, or section, of a book..
Append :: Append (v. t.) To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex; as, notes appended to this chapter..
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..
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..
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..
Capitulate :: Capitulate (n.) To settle or draw up the heads or terms of an agreement, as in chapters or articles; to agree..
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..
Coronis :: Coronis (n.) The curved line or flourish at the end of a book or chapter; hence, the end..
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