The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters.
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(Eccl.)
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.
A community of canons or canonesses.
A bishop's council.
A business meeting of any religious community.
An organized branch of some society or fraternity as of the Freemasons.
--Robertson.A meeting of certain organized societies or orders.
A chapter house. [R.]
--Burrill.A decretal epistle.
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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.