a division of a book or treatise; as, genesis has fifty chapters.-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.-a community of canons or canonesses.-a bishop's council.-a business meeting of any religious community.-an organized branch of some society or fraternity as of the freemasons.-a meeting of certain organized societies or orders.-a chapter house.-a decretal epistle.-a location or compartment.-to divide into chapters, as a book.-to correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse.