Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Chapter (Latin: capitulum) designates certain corporate ecclesiastical bodies in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Nordic Lutheran churches.The word is said to be derived from the chapter of the rule book: it is a custom under the Rule of Saint Benedict that monks or nuns gather daily for a meeting to discuss monastery business, hear a sermon or lecture, or receive instructions from the abbot/abbess, and as the meeting begins with a reading of a chapter from the Rule, the meeting itself acquired the name \"chapter\", and the place where it is held, \"chapter house\" or \"chapter room\".The term was then extended to apply to other meetings. "@en }
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- Chapter_(religion) comment "Chapter (Latin: capitulum) designates certain corporate ecclesiastical bodies in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Nordic Lutheran churches.The word is said to be derived from the chapter of the rule book: it is a custom under the Rule of Saint Benedict that monks or nuns gather daily for a meeting to discuss monastery business, hear a sermon or lecture, or receive instructions from the abbot/abbess, and as the meeting begins with a reading of a chapter from the Rule, the meeting itself acquired the name \"chapter\", and the place where it is held, \"chapter house\" or \"chapter room\".The term was then extended to apply to other meetings. ".