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chapter.

One of the main sections into which a published work is divided, especially a book.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈt͡ʃæptə(r)/Received-Pronunciation/ˈt͡ʃæptɚ/US
  1. One of the main sections into which a published work is divided, especially a book.

    Detective novel writers try to keep up the suspense until the last chapter.
  2. One of the main sections into which a published work is divided, especially a book. A section of a work, a collection of works, or fragments of works, often manuscripts or transcriptions, created by scholars or advocates, not the original authors, to aid in finding portions of the texts.

  3. Certain ecclesiastical bodies (under canon law) An assembly of monks, prebendaries and/or other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean.

  4. Certain ecclesiastical bodies (under canon law) A community of canons or canonesses.

  5. Certain ecclesiastical bodies (under canon law) A bishop's council.

  6. A section of a social body. An administrative division of an organization, usually local to a specific area.

  7. A section of a social body. An organized branch of some society or fraternity, such as the Freemasons.

  8. A meeting of a chapter of certain organized societies or orders.

  9. A chapter house

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

  11. A location or compartment.

    obsolete
  12. A prescribed reading at one of the canonical hours.

Where this word comes from

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.

verb/ˈt͡ʃæptə(r)/Received-Pronunciation/ˈt͡ʃæptɚ/US
  1. To divide into chapters.

  2. To put into a chapter.

  3. To use administrative procedure to remove someone.

  4. To take to task.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

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.

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