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Chapter, as an organizational class title, may refer to:

• A main division of a piece of writing or document, as a Chapter (books) and a chapter in legislation. As legislation the word "chapter" is usually abbreviated "Cap."
• 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 of the Holy Royal Arch - type of a Masonic lodge

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
• The Chapters, an Irish band

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Noun

chapter (plural chapters)

1. One of the main sections into which the text of a book is divided.
2. An administrative division of an organization, usually local to a specific area.
3. A sequence (of events), especially when presumed related and likely to continue.

   chapter of accidents

   • 1866, Wilkie Collins, Armadale, Book the Last, Chapter I,

     "You know that Mr. Armadale is alive," pursued the doctor, "and you know that he is coming back to England. Why do you continue to wear your widow's dress?"

     She answered him without an instant's hesitation, steadily going on with her work.

     "Because I am of a sanguine disposition, like you. I mean to trust to the chapter of accidents to the very last. Mr. Armadale may die yet, on his way home."

   • 1911, Bram Stoker, The Lair of the White Worm, Chapter 26,

     […] she determined to go on slowly towards Castra Regis, and trust to the chapter of accidents to pick up the trail again.

Derived terms

• chapter and verse
• to the end of the chapter

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