CHAPTER

chapter

(noun) a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled; “he read a chapter every night before falling asleep”

chapter

(noun) a series of related events forming an episode; “a chapter of disasters”

chapter

(noun) a local branch of some fraternity or association; “he joined the Atlanta chapter”

chapter

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

chapter

(noun) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

chapter (plural chapters)

(authorship) One of the main sections into which the text of a book is divided.

A section of a social or religious body.

An administrative division of an organization, usually local to a specific area.

An assembly of monks, or of the prebends and other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual, or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean.

A community of canons or canonesses.

A bishop's council.

An organized branch of some society or fraternity, such as the Freemasons.

A meeting of certain organized societies or orders.

A sequence (of events), especially when presumed related and likely to continue.

A decretal epistle.

(obsolete) A location or compartment.

Synonyms

• ch, chpt. (abbreviations)

Verb

chapter (third-person singular simple present chapters, present participle chaptering, simple past and past participle chaptered)

To divide into chapters.

To put into a chapter.

(military, with "out") To use administrative procedure to remove someone.

(transitive) To take to task.

Anagrams

• carpeth, chaptre, patcher, pearcht, preacht, repatch

Source: Wiktionary

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Chap"ter, n. Etym: [OF. chapitre, F. chapitre, fr. L. capitulum, dim. of caput head, the chief person or thing, the principal division of a writing, chapter. See Chief, and cf, Chapiter.]

1. A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters.

2. (Eccl.) (a) An assembly of monks, or of the prebends and other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual, or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean. (b) A community of canons or canonesses. (c) A bishop's council. (d) A business meeting of any religious community.

3. An organized branch of some society or fraternity as of the Freemasons. Robertson.

4. A meeting of certain organized societies or orders.

5. A chapter house. [R.] Burrill.

6. A decretal epistle. Ayliffe.

7. A location or compartment. In his bosom! In what chapter of his bosom Shak. Chapter head, or Chapter heading, that which stands at the head of a chapter, as a title.

– Chapter house, a house or room where a chapter meets, esp. a cathedral chapter.

– The chapter of accidents, chance. Marryat.

Chap"ter, v. t.

1. To divide into chapters, as a book. Fuller.

2. To correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse. [Obs.] Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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