Chapter word meaning and definition

[noun] a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled; "he read a chapter every night before falling asleep"
[noun] a series of related events forming an episode; "a chapter of disasters"
[noun] a local branch of some fraternity or association; "he joined the Atlanta chapter"
[noun] an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church
[noun] any distinct period in history or in a person's life; "the industrial revolution opened a new chapter in British history"; "the divorce was an ugly chapter in their relationship"

\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.)
(a) 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.
(b) A community of canons or canonesses.
(c) A bishop's council.
(d) 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.
\Chap"ter\, v. t. 1. To divide into chapters, as a book. --Fuller. 2. To correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse. [Obs.] --Dryden.

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