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It is not only important, but, in a degree necessary, that the people of this country, should have an American Dictionary of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England, and it is desirable to perpetuate that sameness, yet some differences must exist. Language is the expression of ideas; and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas, they cannot retain an identity of language. |
CHAPTER, n.
CHAPTER, v.t. To tax; to correct.
A division of a
book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty
chapters.
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.
An organized branch of some society or
fraternity as of the Freemasons.
Robertson. A meeting of certain organized
societies or orders.
A chapter house.
[R.]
Burrill. A decretal epistle.
Ayliffe. A location or compartment.
In his bosom! In what chapter of his
bosom? Chapter head, or Chapter heading, that which stands at the head of a chapter, as a title. -- Chapter house, a house or room where a chapter meets, esp. a cathedral chapter. -- The chapter of accidents, chance. Marryat. To divide into chapters, as a book.
Fuller. To correct; to bring to book, i.
e., to demand chapter and verse.
[Obs.]
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