chapter Copy link Outline I. A division of a book, etc.1. căpŭt, ĭtis, n.; esp. of the divisions or chapters of a law2. căpĭtŭlumII. A body of canonsIII. A meeting of canons • chapter: I. A division of a book, etc.: 1. căpŭt, ĭtis, n.; esp. of the divisions or chapters of a law: from the first c. of the law to the last, a primo c. legis usque ad extremum, Cic.: of a book: Cels. (and later Latin, passim). 2. căpĭtŭlum: Tert.: Just. Cod. II. A body of canons: *canonicorum collegium (Kr.). III. A meeting of canons: *(canonicorum) conventus.
CHAPTER Copy link • CHAPTERcaput In an ecclesiastical sense, *conventus canonicorum (as assembly): *collegium canonicorum (as body) :