CHAPTER
\t͡ʃˈaptə], \tʃˈaptə], \tʃ_ˈa_p_t_ə]\
Definitions of CHAPTER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled; "he read a chapter every night before falling asleep"
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a series of related events forming an episode; "a chapter of disasters"
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a local branch of some fraternity or association; "he joined the Atlanta chapter"
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an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church
By Princeton University
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a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled; "he read a chapter every night before falling asleep"
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a series of related events forming an episode; "a chapter of disasters"
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a local branch of some fraternity or association; "he joined the Atlanta chapter"
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an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters.
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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.
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A community of canons or canonesses.
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A bishop's council.
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A business meeting of any religious community.
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An organized branch of some society or fraternity as of the Freemasons.
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A meeting of certain organized societies or orders.
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A chapter house.
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A decretal epistle.
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A location or compartment.
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To divide into chapters, as a book.
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To correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse.
By Oddity Software
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A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters.
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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.
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A community of canons or canonesses.
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A bishop's council.
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A business meeting of any religious community.
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An organized branch of some society or fraternity as of the Freemasons.
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A meeting of certain organized societies or orders.
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A chapter house.
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A decretal epistle.
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A location or compartment.
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To divide into chapters, as a book.
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To correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse.
By Noah Webster.
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A division of a book; a meeting of certain societies or orders; a body of those who hold such a meeting.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A head or division of a book: a corporation of clergymen belonging to a cathedral or collegiate church: an organized branch of some society or fraternity.
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To divide or arrange into chapters, as a literary composition.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A division of a book; a decretal epistle; the body of clergymen attached to a cathedral or collegiate church; a meeting of the members of a religious order; an organized branch of some society or fraternity.
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To divide into chapters; to put headings on chapters.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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