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  1. noun One of the main divisions of a relatively lengthy piece of writing, such as a book, that is usually numbered or titled.
  2. noun 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.
  3. noun A local branch of an organization, such as a club or fraternity: The Chicago chapter is admitting new members this year.
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  • Perhaps the most interesting part of the chapter was the list of different types of chefs and different jobs one can have with a degree from the Culinary Institute of America. —  Paper Palate
  • The amusing elements in the chapter are also outlined, whether it's a funny bit of dialogue or a zany situation of some kind. —  Thornley Fallis
  • The very few viewpoints in this chapter might be alleviated if it drew on a wide range of references, but among the co-authors of 40 per cent of the cited material are at least one chapter author. —  GREENIE WATCH
  • My favorite part of this chapter was his response to the charge that dispensationalism should be rejected since it is a relatively new theological system which was not formalized until the 18th century. —  Pulpit Magazine
  • The last two paragraphs of this chapter are a nice statement of what macroeconomics is all about. —  Marginal Revolution
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  1. Middle English chaptre, variant of chapitre, chapter, chapiter, from Old French, alteration of chapitle, from Latin capitulum, diminutive of caput, head; see kaput- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also chapiter, occasionally chapitle, from Middle English chapiter, chapiture, chapitre, from Old French chapitre (French chapitre) for *chapitle, capitle, from Latin capitulum, a chapter of a book, in Middle Latin also a synod or council, diminutive of caput (capit-), a head: see chapiter, capital, which are doublets of chapter.
  2. from chapter, n., after F. chapitrer (from chapitre), reprimand in presence of the whole chapter, censure: see chapter, n.
 

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