chapter

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   One of the main sections a book is divided into.

   I read the first chapter on the train.

2. 2
   noun

   A distinct period in history or in someone's life.

   Moving abroad opened a new chapter in her life.

3. 3
   noun

   A local branch of a club or organization.

   He joined the Atlanta chapter of the society.

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Simplified etymology

Chapter came through Old French chapitre from Latin capitulum, literally “little head,” a diminutive of caput, “head.” Capitulum also meant a heading, section of writing, or division of a book, which gave English its present sense.

From Middle English chapitre, from Old French chapitre, from Latin capitulum (“a chapter of a book, in Medieval Latin also a synod or council”), diminutive of caput (“a head”); see capital, capitulum, and chapiter, which are doublets of chapter.

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