Chapter

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Chapter

Chapter : அத்தியாயம்

Chapter : அத்தியாயம்

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.