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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Chap·ter n.
 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.
 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?   --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.