chapter

IPA: tʃˈæptɝ

(authorship) One of the main sections into which the text of a book is divided.
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 certain organized societies or orders.
A chapter house
A sequence (of events), especially when presumed related and likely to continue.
(obsolete) A location or compartment.
(Roman Catholicism) A prescribed reading at one of the canonical hours.

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