chapter : Idioms & Phrases


Chapter head, ∨ Chapter heading

  • that which stands at the head of a chapter, as a title.
Webster 1913

Chapter house

  • a house or room where a chapter meets, esp. a cathedral chapter.
Webster 1913

Dean and chapter

  • the legal corporation and governing body of a cathedral. It consists of the dean, who is chief, and his canons or prebendaries.
Webster 1913

The chapter of accidents

  • chance. Marryat.
Webster 1913