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      chapter
      noun
      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.
      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.
      A community of canons or canonesses.
      A bishop's council.
      A section of a social body.
      An administrative division of an organization, usually local to a specific area.
      An organized branch of some society or fraternity, such as the Freemasons.
      A meeting of a chapter of certain organized societies or orders.
      A chapter house
      A sequence (of events), especially when presumed related and likely to continue.
      (Roman Catholicism) A prescribed reading at one of the canonical hours.
      (obsolete) A location or compartment.
      verb
      To divide into chapters.
      To put into a chapter.
      (military, with "out") To use administrative procedure to remove someone.
      (transitive) To take to task.
      Roots
      caputchapt- · Latin · head
      Synonyms for chapter
      sectionnparagraphnversenbooknarticlen
      Words related to chapter
      subchaptercanonessncapitularyadjcapitularadjsubsectionnepiloguenpreamblenprefacensubparagraphnpreambularyadjpsalmbookafterwordforewordnsubpartnprologuenproemhandbooknpreambularepisodenversicularchapnfasciculenappendicespassusprolegomenonnenchiridionnappendixnpagesnbylawsnprefatoryadj

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