Dictionary Definition
chapter
Noun
1 a subdivision of a written work; usually
numbered and titled; "he read a chapter every night before falling
asleep"
2 any distinct period in history or in a person's
life; "the industrial revolution opened a new chapter in British
history"; "the divorce was an ugly chapter in their
relationship"
3 a local branch of some fraternity or
association; "he joined the Atlanta chapter"
4 an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a
monastery or even of the canons of a church
5 a series of related events forming an episode;
"a chapter of disasters"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
chapiter, from chapitre.Pronunciation
Noun
- One of the main sections into which the text of a book is divided.
- An administrative division of an organization, usually local to a specific area.
Translations
section in a book
- Chinese: 章, 章 (zhāng)
- Czech: kapitola
- Dutch: hoofdstuk
- Ewe: ta
- Finnish: luku (kirjassa)
- French: chapitre
- German: Kapitel, Abschnitt
- Greek: κεφάλαιο
- Hungarian: fejezet
- Icelandic: kafli
- Italian: capitolo
- Japanese: 章 (しょう, shō)
- Latin: capitulum
- Malayalam: അദ്ധ്യായം (addhyāyam)
- Polish: rozdział
- Portuguese: capítulo
- Russian: глава
- Slovak: kapitola , hlava , odsek
- Spanish: capítulo
an administrative division of an organization
Extensive Definition
Chapter, as an organizational class title, may
refer to:
- Chapter (books), a main division of a piece of writing
- An organisational division, such as a chapter of the Audubon Society or of a fraternity.
- Chapter (religion), an assembly of members in a religious order
- In ancient civilizations, books were often in the form of papyrus or parchment scrolls, which contained about the same amount of text as a typical chapter in a modern book. This is the reason chapters in recent reproductions and translations of works of these periods are often presented as "Book 1", "Book 2", etc.
- Tracks on a DVD or laserdisc are also called chapters.
Chapter may also refer to:
- Chapter Arts Centre, a cultural centre in Cardiff, Wales
- Chapter house, a building attached to a cathedral or collegiate church
- Chapter Music, a record label
- Chapters, a Canadian bookstore chain
chapter in Aragonese: Capítol
chapter in Breton: Chabistr
chapter in Catalan: Capítol
chapter in Spanish: Capitol
chapter in French: Chapitre
chapter in Japanese: チャプター
chapter in Simple English: Chapter
chapter in Slovak: Kapitula
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Council of Nicaea, Council of Trent, Lateran
Council, Vatican Council, affiliate, arm, article, back matter, basis, book, branch, branch office, burden, case, classis, clause, column, concern, conciliarism, conclave, conference, congregation, consistory, convention, convocation, diocesan
conference, division,
ecclesiastical council, ecumenical council, essence, fascicle, focus of attention,
focus of interest, folio,
front matter, gathering, gist, head, heading, installment, issue, living issue, livraison, local, lodge, main point, matter, matter in hand, meat, motif, motive, number, offshoot, organ, page, paragraph, parochial church
council, parochial council, part, passage, phrase, plenary council, point, point at issue, point in
question, post, presbytery, problem, question, rubric, section, sentence, serial, session, sheet, signature, subject, subject matter, subject
of thought, substance,
synod, text, theme, topic, verse, vestry, volume, wing