chpt.

Noun

chapter (plural chapters)

1. One of the main sections into which a published work is divided, especially a book.
   • Detective novel writers try to keep up the suspense until the last chapter.
   1. 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.
      • 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...1842, Walter Farquahar Hook, A Church Dictionary, published 1896
2. 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.
3. A community of canons or canonesses.
4. A bishop's council.
5. An administrative division of an organization, usually local to a specific area.

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