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Chapter house definitions

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Webster's 1913 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.] 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(chapter houses) 1. A chapter house is the building or set of rooms in the grounds of a cathedral where the members of the clergy hold their meetings. N-COUNT 2. In a university or college, a chapter house is the place where a fraternity or sorority lives or meets. (AM) N-COUNT