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chap.

chap. is the abbreviation of chaplain.

chap. is the abbreviation of chapter.

Meaning of chaplain

Noun

chaplain (plural chaplains)

  1. A member of a religious body (who is often, although not always, of the clergy) officially assigned to provide pastoral care at an institution, group, private chapel, etc.
    • The Railway Mission's regionally based chaplains perform the role of impartial 'friend' to anyone working on the railway, regardless of their faith.2021 September 8, Stefanie Foster, “Network News: Countdown is on to the National Rail Awards 2021”, in RAIL, number 939, page 19
  2. A person without religious affiliation who carries out similar duties in a secular context.

See all 3 meanings of chaplain

Meaning of chapter

Noun

chapter (plural chapters)

  1. One of the main sections into which a published work is divided, especially a book.
    • Detective novel writers try to keep up the suspense until the last chapter.
    1. 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.
      • CHAPTER - One of the principal divisions of a book, and, in reference to the Bible, one of the larger sections into which its books are divided. This division, as well as that consisting of verses, was introduced to facilitate reference, and not to indicate any natural or accurate division of the...1842, Walter Farquahar Hook, A Church Dictionary, published 1896
  2. 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.
  3. A community of canons or canonesses.
  4. A bishop's council.
  5. An administrative division of an organization, usually local to a specific area.

See all 16 meanings of chapter

Forms of chap.

pluralchaps.

Questions about chap.

What is chap. the abbreviation of?
Chap. is the abbreviation of chaplain.

Words near chap. in the dictionary

  1. chap someone's hide
  2. chap-hop
  3. chap-jee-kee
  4. chap-ji-kee
  5. chap-ji-ki
  6. chap.
  7. Chapa
  8. Chapacura
  9. Chapacuran
  10. Chapadmalalan
  11. Chapais

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chap. (page history and authors); chaplain (page history and authors); chapter (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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