chapter
noun
- regional section of a larger federation
- section of a book
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃæptə(r)/ / /ˈt͡ʃæptɚ/
noun
Etymology: 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.
- 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.”
“At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.”
- One of the main sections into which a published work is divided, especially a book.
“CHAPTER - One of the principal divisions of a book, and, in reference to the Bible, one of the larger sections into which its books are divided. This division, as well as that consisting of verses, was introduced to facilitate reference, and not to indicate any natural or accurate division of the subjects treated in the books.”
“At least thirty-two of the first forty-seven decretal chapters were received by English ecclesiastics,”
- Certain ecclesiastical bodies (under canon law)
- Certain ecclesiastical bodies (under canon law)
- Certain ecclesiastical bodies (under canon law)
- A section of a social body.
- A section of a social body.
“If the By-Law which admits honorary members is silent upon their rights, they may perhaps be determined by a consideration of which of these classes was intended by the Chapter in admitting them”
- 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.
“1866, Wilkie Collins, Armadale, Book the Last, Chapter I, "You know that Mr. Armadale is alive," pursued the doctor, "and you know that he is coming back to England. Why do you continue to wear your widow's dress?" ¶ She answered him without an instant's hesitation, steadily going on with her work. ¶ "Because I am of a sanguine disposition, like you. I mean to trust to the chapter of accidents to the very last. Mr. Armadale may die yet, on his way home."”
“[…]she determined to go on slowly towards Castra Regis, and trust to the chapter of accidents to pick up the trail again.”
- A location or compartment.
“In his bosom! In what chapter of his bosom?”
- A prescribed reading at one of the canonical hours.
verb
Etymology: 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.
- To divide into chapters.
- To put into a chapter.
- To use administrative procedure to remove someone.
“If you're a single parent [soldier] and you can't find someone to take care of your children, they will chapter you out [administrative elimination from the service]. And yet if you use someone not certified, they get mad.”
“"He also wanted me to give you a message. He said that if you don't get your shit ready for this deployment, then he will chapter you out of his freakin' army."”
- To take to task.