Chapter

The English word chapter (from the French chap?tre, itself from the Latin capitulum, diminutive of caput, meaning head but also heading) has multiple meanings. In general, the word indicates a division or a distinct body of some type. Also, the various meanings may be translated by two or more different words in some languages, such as words of different etymology.

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• A chapter is one of the main divisions of a piece of writing of relative length, such as a book.
• In legal texts, a chapter is a technical notion, referring to a formal division, irrespective of actual length, grouping articles that belong together by subject and can thus be referred to as a whole.
• By analogy, a chapter is also distinct period of time or order of events, as in history or in a person's life. For example, the American Civil War could be called a chapter in American history, just as the years a person spent in college, for example, could be called a chapter in his or her life. See also periodization.
• For the religious meanings of chapter, see chapter.
• In many Christian monastic communities, a chapter is a daily or occasional formal meeting of the community, usually to conduct practical business, as opposed to a meeting for worship.
• It is also the name of various precise bodies, such as the canons advising a bishop.
• A chapter also applies to the military orders of knighthood.
• By analogy with the last-mentioned, a chapter is a local branch of various secular organizations, such as a fraternity or sorority, or alumni group (often per campus), charity or service organization, or other club. For example, the Sierra Club, a North American environmental protection organization, maintains more than 60 chapters across the United States.
• Chapters is a large bookstore chain in Canada.
• Chapter Arts Centre is a cultural centre in Cardiff, Wales

French: French can refer to more than one article:...

Latin: Latin is an Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. It gained great importance as the formal language of the Roman Empire. All Romance languages are descended from Latin, and many words based on Latin are found in other modern languages such as English. The ...

Diminutive: A diminutive is a formation of a word used to convey a slight degree of the root meaning, smallness of the object named, intimacy, or endearment. In some languages diminutives are formed in a regular way by adding affixes to nouns and proper names, in English the alteration of meaning is often but ...

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