n. A division or section, usually numbered, of a book or treatise: as, Genesis contains fifty chapters. Abbreviated c., ch., or chap.n. The council of a bishop, consisting of the canons or prebends and other ecclesiastics attached to a collegiate or cathedral church, and presided over by a dean.n. An assembly of the monks in a monastery, or of those in a province, or of the entire order.n. The place in which the business of the chapter of a cathedral or monastery is conducted; a chapter-house.n. A name given to the meetings of certain organized orders and societies: as, to hold a chapter of the Garter, or of the College of Arms.n. A branch of some society or brotherhood, usually consisting of the members resident in one locality: as, the grand chapter of the royal order of Kilwinning; a chapter of a college fraternity.n. A decretal epistle.n. A place where delinquents receive discipline and correction.n. A series of mishaps; a succession of mischances.To bring to book; tax with a fault; correct; censure.To arrange or divide into chapters, as a literary composition.n. A division of the acts of Parliament of a single session.n. Head; subject; category: as, to have much to say on some chapters.