| Chapter 1. (n.) A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters. 2. (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. 3. (n.) A community of canons or canonesses. 4. (n.) A bishop's council. 5. (n.) A business meeting of any religious community. 6. (n.) An organized branch of some society or fraternity as of the Freemasons. 7. (n.) A meeting of certain organized societies or orders. 8. (n.) A chapter house. 9. (n.) A decretal epistle. 10. (n.) A location or compartment. 11. (v. t.) To divide into chapters, as a book. 12. (v. t.) To correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse. Thesaurus Entries Council of Nicaea, Council of Trent, Lateran Council, Vatican Council, affiliate, arm, article, back matter, basis, book, branch, branch office, burden, case, classis, clause, column, concern, conciliarism, conclave, conference, congregation, consistory, convention, convocation, diocesan conference, division, ecclesiastical council, ecumenical council, essence, fascicle, focus of attention, focus of interest, folio, front matter, gathering, gist, head, heading, installment, issue, living issue, livraison, local, lodge, main point, matter, matter in hand, meat, motif, motive, number, offshoot, organ, page, paragraph, parochial church council, parochial council, part, passage, phrase, plenary council, point, point at issue, point in question, post, presbytery, problem, question, rubric, section, sentence, serial, session, sheet, signature, subject, subject matter, subject of thought, substance, synod, text, theme, topic, verse, vestry, volume, wing |