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The members of a Christian religious community or of any similar body. From the 9th cent. cathedrals often had separate ‘chapter houses’.

Subjects: History — Early history (500 CE to 1500)

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in The Oxford Dictionary of Local and Family History Length: 43 words
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in The Oxford Companion to Family and Local History (2) Length: 43 words
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in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (2 rev) Length: 84 words
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in The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2) Length: 53 words

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