chapter house
牧師會禮堂
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.