Chapter /(?)/

Chap·ter

Chapter

n.
  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. (Eccl.)
  3. An organized branch of some society or fraternity as of the Freemasons.
  4. A meeting of certain organized societies or orders.
  5. A chapter house. [R.]
  6. A decretal epistle.
  7. A location or compartment.
    In his bosom! In what chapter of his bosom?

Phrases & Compounds
Chapter head
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.

Chapter

v. t.
  1. To divide into chapters, as a book.
  2. To correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse. [Obs.]