Main Entry: chap·ter

Pronunciation: \ˈchap-tər\

Function: 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