Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Chapter

To the end of the chapter. From the beginning to the end of a proceeding. The allusion is to the custom of reading an entire chapter in the first and second lesson of the Church service. This is no longer a general rule in the Church of England.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Chapter and Verse
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