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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One of the main divisions of a relatively lengthy piece of writing, such as a book, that is usually numbered or titled.
  • n. A distinct period or sequence of events, as in history or a person's life: Steamboat travel opened a new chapter in America's exploration of the West.
  • n. A local branch of an organization, such as a club or fraternity: The Chicago chapter is admitting new members this year.
  • n. Ecclesiastical An assembly of the canons of a church or of the members of a religious residence.
  • n. Ecclesiastical The canons of a church or the members of a religious residence considered as a group.
  • n. A short scriptural passage read after the psalms in certain church services.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. One of the main sections into which the text of a book is divided.
  • n. An administrative division of an organization, usually local to a specific area.
  • n. A sequence (of events), especially when presumed related and likely to continue.
  • v. To divide into chapters.
  • v. To put into a chapter.
  • v. To use administrative procedure to remove someone.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A division of a book or treatise.
  • n.
  • n. An assembly of monks, or of the prebends and other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual, or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean.
  • n. A community of canons or canonesses.
  • n. A bishop's council.
  • n. A business meeting of any religious community.
  • n. An organized branch of some society or fraternity as of the Freemasons.
  • n. A meeting of certain organized societies or orders.
  • n. A chapter house.
  • n. A decretal epistle.
  • n. A location or compartment.
  • v. To divide into chapters, as a book.
  • v. To correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A division or section, usually numbered, of a book or treatise: as, Genesis contains fifty chapters. Abbreviated c., ch., or chap.
  • n. The council of a bishop, consisting of the canons or prebends and other ecclesiastics attached to a collegiate or cathedral church, and presided over by a dean.
  • n. An assembly of the monks in a monastery, or of those in a province, or of the entire order.
  • n. The place in which the business of the chapter of a cathedral or monastery is conducted; a chapter-house.
  • n. A name given to the meetings of certain organized orders and societies: as, to hold a chapter of the Garter, or of the College of Arms.
  • n. A branch of some society or brotherhood, usually consisting of the members resident in one locality: as, the grand chapter of the royal order of Kilwinning; a chapter of a college fraternity.
  • n. A decretal epistle.
  • n. A place where delinquents receive discipline and correction.
  • n. A series of mishaps; a succession of mischances.
  • To bring to book; tax with a fault; correct; censure.
  • To arrange or divide into chapters, as a literary composition.
  • n. A division of the acts of Parliament of a single session.
  • n. Head; subject; category: as, to have much to say on some chapters.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any distinct period in history or in a person's life
  • n. a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
  • n. an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church
  • n. a local branch of some fraternity or association
  • n. a series of related events forming an episode
  • Equivalent
    Verb Form
    chapters   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    stage    phase    subdivision    section    assembly    order    social club    society    club    gild   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    correct   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    adapter    adaptor    apter    captor    raptor    subchapter   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    page    book    section    article    volume    poem    history    paragraph    edition    detail