Meaning of chapter | Babel Free

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1. One of the main sections into which a published work is divided, especially a book
2. One of the main sections into which a published work is divided, especially a book.
3. A section of a work, a collection of works, or fragments of works, often manuscripts or transcriptions, created by scholars or advocates, not the original authors, to aid in finding portions of the texts.
4. a main division of a book. There are fifteen chapters in his new book. hoofstuk فَصْل глава на книга capítulo kapitola das Kapitel kapitel; afsnit κεφάλαιοcapítulo peatükk فصل luku chapitreפרק अध्याय poglavlje fejezet bab kafli capitolo 章 장 skyrius nodaļa bab hoofdstukkapittelrozdział څپر كى، فصل، څانګه (دټولنى) ، ډله capítulo capi­tol глава kapitola poglavje poglavlje kapitel บท (ของหนังสือหรืองานเขียน) bölüm 章 розділ باب ، فصل chương 章
5. A section of a work, a collection of works, or fragments of works, often manuscripts or transcriptions, created by scholars or advocates, not the original authors, to aid in finding portions of the texts
6. Certain ecclesiastical bodies (under canon law)
7. An assembly of monks, prebendaries and/or other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean.
8. a whole series of disasters. opeenhoping van onvoorsiene ongelukke سِلْسِلَةٌ مِنَ الحَوادِث (المَصائِب) серия série de desgraças řetěz nehod die Pechsträhne række af ulykker σειρά ατυχιών una serie de desgracias rida õnnetusi یک سری رویدادهای بد onnettomuuksien sarja kyrielle de malheure פֶּרֶק תְאוּנוֹת बहुत सी दुर्भाग्यपूर्ण घटनाएं zgode i nezgode sorozat seluruh röð slysa una serie di guai 一連の不幸 불행한 일련의 전체 사건들 nelaimių virtinė neparedzētu apstākļu sagadīšanās kemalangan yang bertimpa-timp...
9. Certain ecclesiastical bodies (under canon law) An assembly of monks, prebendaries and/or other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean. A community of canons or canonesses. A bishop's council
10. A community of canons or canonesses.
11. capítulo.
12. An assembly of monks, prebendaries and/or other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean
13. A bishop's council.
14. One of the main divisions of a relatively lengthy piece of writing, such as a book, that is usually numbered or titled.
15. A community of canons or canonesses
16. A section of a social body.
17. An administrative division of an organization, usually local to a specific area.
18. A distinct period or sequence of events, as in history or a person's life: Steamboat travel opened a new chapter in America's exploration of the West.
19. A local branch of an organization, such as a club or fraternity: The Chicago chapter is admitting new members this year.
20. An organized branch of some society or fraternity, such as the Freemasons.
21. Ecclesiastical a. An assembly of the canons of a church or of the members of a religious residence.
    Ecclesiastical
22. A meeting of a chapter of certain organized societies or orders.
23. A short scriptural passage read after the psalms in certain church services.
24. A chapter house
25. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a division of a written work, esp a narrative, usually titled or numbered
26. A sequence (of events), especially when presumed related and likely to continue.
27. a sequence of events having a common attribute: a chapter of disasters.
28. A location or compartment.
    obsolete
29. A prescribed reading at one of the canonical hours.

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Examples

“Detective novel writers try to keep up the suspense until the last chapter.”

“At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.”

“The story that unfolds through 70 chapters featuring intense tactical battles is full of plot twists and turns.”

“CHAPTER - One of the principal divisions of a book, and, in reference to the Bible, one of the larger sections into which its books are divided. This division, as well as that consisting of verses, was introduced to facilitate reference, and not to indicate any natural or accurate division of the subjects treated in the books.”

“At least thirty-two of the first forty-seven decretal chapters were received by English ecclesiastics,”

“il conclut: « No pope, no collection but the masters who served the one and commented on the other ultimately determined the content of this decretal chapter».”

“But unlike a similar annotation, it has not been turned into a chapter title because the annotation “de quodam hermita” (Of a certain hermit) immediately preceded it. If a scribe had also turned Liberauit Dominus hermitam into a chapter title, he would have created a chapter that consisted of a single sentence, which even for a rather dull scribe would seem unacceptable. […] While scribe A wrote the body of the text of the De nugis curialium, scribe X contributed the rubricated chapter headings.”

“While rubrics do not appear in paper manuscripts, eight paper manuscripts contain chapter titles, which serve the same function as the medieval rubrics.”

“Characteristics: parchment; 92 fols.; 260 × 180 mm.; 32 lines; Italy; ca. 1430; two hands: humanistic rotunda with some Gothic features; marginal notes by first hand and names by a second hand; space left for initials; rubric inscriptions; superscript variants by first hand; chapters marked in margin; horizontal catchwords; quaternions.”

“From canon law, he cited Gratian's Decretum, Gregory's Decretales, the Sexto and Clementines Decretales, and the Extravagantes, and specifically referred to “the rules for understanding the Law” in a decretal chapter on Propterea.”

“If the By-Law which admits honorary members is silent upon their rights, they may perhaps be determined by a consideration of which of these classes was intended by the Chapter in admitting them”

“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."”

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

“A chapter of locomotive history was closed on Sunday, April 13, when the last Atlantic tender locomotive to remain in service on British Railways, No. 32424, Beachy Head, ended its working life of more than 46 years.”

“With the entry into service of the '777s', a new chapter opens in the long history of Merseyside's electric suburban railwsys.”

“In his bosom! In what chapter of his bosom?”

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