chapter

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for chapter

chapter 🔊 /ʧæˈptɚ/

chapter : වග

chapter : කාරක සංඝසභාව

chapter : අධිකාරය

chapter : සග

chapter : සර්ගය

chapter : ස්කන්ධ

chapter : කාල පරිච්ඡේදය

chapter : අදියර

chapter : පරිච්ඡේදය

chapter : අධ්‍යාය

chapter : පාර්ශ්වය

chapter : පර්වය

chapter definition

Noun.

  1. A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters.
  2. 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.
  3. A community of canons or canonesses.
  4. A bishop's council.
  5. A business meeting of any religious community.
  6. An organized branch of some society or fraternity as of the Freemasons.
  7. A meeting of certain organized societies or orders.
  8. A chapter house.
  9. A decretal epistle.
  10. A location or compartment.

Transitive verb.

  1. To divide into chapters, as a book.
  2. To correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse.