chapter
chapter Lexical Profile
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• noun
A main division of a book, treatise, or statute, typically assigned a number or a title.
"Please read the third chapter of your history textbook before tomorrow's lecture."
A distinctive period, phase, or sequence of events in a person's life or in history.
"Graduating from university marked the beginning of an exciting new chapter in her career."
A local branch of a larger society, club, fraternity, or professional organization.
"Our local chapter of the astronomical society hosts public stargazing nights every month."
The governing body or assembly of clergy of a cathedral, collegiate church, or religious order.
"The cathedral's dean and chapter met to approve the restoration of the medieval stained-glass windows."
• verb
To divide or arrange a book, text, or recording into chapters.
"The editor chaptered the lengthy manuscript so that readers could navigate the historical timeline more easily."
• Rhymes for chapter
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Old French 'chapitre', from Latin 'capitulum' (literally 'little head' or heading of a text), a diminutive of 'caput' ('head'). The organizational sense arose because monks in religious orders gathered daily to hear a chapter of their monastic rule read aloud.