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Chapter head

Chapter \Chap"ter\, n. [OF. chapitre, F. chapitre, fr. L. capitulum, dim. of caput head, the chief person or thing, the principal division of a writing, chapter. See Chief, and cf, Chapiter.]

  1. A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters.

  2. (Eccl.)

    1. 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.

    2. A community of canons or canonesses.

    3. A bishop's council.

    4. A business meeting of any religious community.

  3. An organized branch of some society or fraternity as of the Freemasons.
    --Robertson.

  4. A meeting of certain organized societies or orders.

  5. A chapter house. [R.]
    --Burrill.

  6. A decretal epistle.
    --Ayliffe.

  7. A location or compartment.

    In his bosom! In what chapter of his bosom?
    --Shak.

    Chapter head, or Chapter heading, that which stands at the head of a chapter, as a title.

    Chapter house, a house or room where a chapter meets, esp. a cathedral chapter.

    The chapter of accidents, chance.
    --Marryat.

Usage examples of "chapter head".

I was a chapter head in the League, sort of a noncommissioned officer.