n (authorship) One of the main sections into which the text of a book is divided.
n A section of a work, a collection of works, or fragments of works, often manuscripts or transcriptions, created by scholars or advocates, not the original authors, to aid in finding portions of the texts.
n Certain ecclesiastical bodies (under canon law)
n An assembly of monks, prebendaries and/or other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean.
n A community of canons or canonesses.
n A bishop's council.
n A section of a social body.
n An administrative division of an organization, usually local to a specific area.
n An organized branch of some society or fraternity, such as the Freemasons.
n A meeting of certain organized societies or orders.
n A chapter house
n A sequence (of events), especially when presumed related and likely to continue.
n (obsolete) A location or compartment.
n (Roman Catholicism) A prescribed reading at one of the canonical hours.
v To divide into chapters.
v To put into a chapter.
v (military, with "out") To use administrative procedure to remove someone.
v (transitive) To take to task.