According to both Catholic and Anglican canon law, a cathedral chapter is a college of clerics formed to advise a bishop and, in the case of a vacancy of the episcopal see in some countries, to govern
Cathedral chapter of Bruges, the bishop and three canons taking part in a procession
Canon, 16th century in Italy
Interior of the Chapter House at Southwell Minster in Nottinghamshire, England
Cathedral Chapter of the Holy Saviour in Bruges, Belgium
A collegiate church is a Christian church building where the daily office of worship is maintained by a college of canons, a non-monastic or "secular" community of clergy, organised as a self-governin
Cathedral chapter
…referred to a section of a monastic rule that was read out daily during the assembly of a group of canons or other clergy attached to a cathedral or collegiate church. Over time its meaning was extended to the meeting at which the reading took place, and further to the meeting’s attendees. Historically, there was no…
Interior of Collegiate Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help and Mary Magdalene in Poznań, Poland
The roofs of St. Mary's Collegiate Church in Youghal, Ireland
St Mary's Collegiate Church, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland, consecrated 1410, now a place of worship for the Church of Scotland