chapter

chapter is a Noun

Definition:

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

[2] 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] A community of canons or canonesses.

[4] A bishop`s council.

[5] A business meeting of any religious community.

[6] An organized branch of some society or fraternity as of the Freemasons. Robertson.

[7] A meeting of certain organized societies or orders.

[8] A chapter house. [R.] Burrill.

[9] A decretal epistle. Ayliffe.

[10] 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.