CHAPTER


Meaning of CHAPTER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈchap-tər ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English chapitre, from Anglo-French chapitre, chapitle, from Late Latin capitulum division of a book & Medieval Latin, meeting place of canons, from Latin, diminutive of capit-, caput head — more at head

Date: 13th century

1.

a. : a main division of a book

b. : something resembling a chapter in being a significant specified unit

a new chapter in my life

2.

a. : a regular meeting of the canons of a cathedral or collegiate church or of the members of a religious house

b. : the body of canons of a cathedral or collegiate church

3. : a local branch of an organization

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.