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chap.ter \'chap-t*r\ n [ME chapitre division of a book, meeting of canons, fr. OF, fr. LL cap]itulum division of a book & ML, meeting place of canons, fr. L, dim. of capit-, caput head - more at HEAD 1: a main division of a book 2a: a regular meeting of the canons of a cathedral or collegiate church or of the members of a religious house 2b: the body of canons of a cathedral or collegiate church 3: a local branch of a society or fraternity