n.
- a main division of a book.
▸an Act of Parliament numbered as part of a session's proceedings.
- a distinctive period in history or in a person's life.
- the governing body of a cathedral or other religious community, or of a knightly order.
- chiefly N. Amer. a local branch of a society.
Phrase
- chapter and verse
an exact reference or authority. - a chapter of accidents
a series of unfortunate events.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. chapitre, from L. capitulum, dimin. of caput ‘head’.