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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Verse :: Verse (n.) One of the short divisions of the chapters in the Old and New Testaments.
Interchapter :: Interchapter (n.) An intervening or inserted chapter.
Respond :: Respond (n.) A short anthem sung at intervals during the reading of a chapter.
Capitulary :: Capitulary (n.) The body of laws or statutes of a chapter, or of an ecclesiastical council..
Capitulary :: Capitulary (n.) A collection of laws or statutes, civil and ecclesiastical, esp. of the Frankish kings, in chapters or sections..
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..
Capitular :: Capitular (n.) A member of a chapter.
Capitularly :: Capitularly (adv.) In the manner or form of an ecclesiastical chapter.
Chapter :: Chapter (n.) A decretal epistle.
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..
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..
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.
Caption :: Caption (n.) The heading of a chapter, section, or page..
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 (v. t.) To correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse..
Hexahemeron :: Hexahemeron (n.) The history of the six day's work of creation, as contained in the first chapter of Genesis..
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..
Capitular :: Capitular (n.) An act passed in a chapter.
Motto :: Motto (n.) A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim..
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