ETYM Old Fren. chapitre, French chapitre, from Latin capitulum, dim. of caput head, the chief person or thing, the principal division of a writing, chapter. Related to Chief, and cf, Chapiter.
1. A subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled.
2. A local branch of some fraternity or association.
3. A series of related events forming an episode.
4. A distinct period in history or in a person's life.
5. An ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church.
In the Christian church, the collective assembly of canons (priests) who together administer a cathedral. + prikaži više