Chapter, Little
Chapter, Little
(Latin: capitulum, diminutive of caput, head)
In the Divine Office a brief lesson from Scripture recited at the Canonical Hours (except Matins ). The epistle of the Mass of the day frequently constitutes in festival offices the Little Chapters at Lauds , Terce, Sext, None, and Vespers; at Prime the Little Chapter is Timothy 1:17, or Zachariah 8, 9; at Complin, Jeremias 14:9.