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chapter

chap·ter

UK/ˈt͡ʃæptə(r)/ US/ˈt͡ʃæptɚ/ common

noun

1.

a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled

  • “he read a chapter every night before falling asleep”
2.

any distinct period in history or in a person''s life

  • “the industrial revolution opened a new chapter in British history”
  • “the divorce was an ugly chapter in their relationship”
3.

a local branch of some fraternity or association

  • “he joined the Atlanta chapter”
4.

an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church

5.

a series of related events forming an episode

  • “a chapter of disasters”

Origin

From Middle English chapitre, from Old French chapitre, from Latin capitulum (“a chapter of a book, in Medieval Latin also a synod or council”), diminutive of caput (“a head”); see capital, capitulum, and chapiter, which are doublets of chapter.

Phrases

  • chapter and verse
  • chapter book
  • chapter house
  • chapter of accidents
  • chapter out
  • dean and chapter
  • go Chapter 11
  • to the end of the chapter

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