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/ˈtʃæptɝ/
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[ UK /tʃˈæptɐ/ ]
[ UK /tʃˈæptɐ/ ]
NOUN
- an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church
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a series of related events forming an episode
a chapter of disasters -
a local branch of some fraternity or association
he joined the Atlanta chapter -
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
he read a chapter every night before falling asleep -
any distinct period in history or in a person's life
the industrial revolution opened a new chapter in British history
the divorce was an ugly chapter in their relationship
How To Use chapter In A Sentence
- As soon as Christ was alone with his disciples he gave them a description of those desolations which is recorded in the following chapter, and is so plain, and made such an impression on the Sermons on Various Important Subjects
- He is the author of well over 100 research publications including journal articles, book chapters, and six books on desert grassland, the cacti of Sonora, the Sonoran desert tortoise, and packrat middens and the paleoecology of the southwestern deserts. Contributor: Tom Van Devender
- Chapter VI. that the use of metallic copper in the construction of acetylene apparatus is not permissible or judicious, because the gas is liable to form therewith an explosive compound known as copper acetylide; it might seem, therefore, that the employment of a copper salt for purification courts accident. Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use
- And while Annie inflicts humiliation and degradation and withholds pain relief and food Paul is forced to write a new chapter every day simply to stay alive.
- CHAPTER Seventeen EMERSON was unreasonably annoyed with me for what he called my unwarranted interference. The Curse of the Pharaohs
- I can't quote you chapter and verse but I think it's a line from 'Macbeth'.
- The calced Augustinians also made their elections -- but not so quickly that we could avoid sending to them to remind them not to allow the disturbances of other times to occur in their chapter -- by having made them beforehand through their devotion to the outgoing provincial, who managed the succession for another as worthy as he. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 24 of 55 1630-34 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing t
- Several chapters cover the basics of clean room technology, e.g., lithography, etching and layer deposition techniques.
- And they want Captain Largo to get us out checking the appropriate chapter houses to see if he's been doing any placer mining. THE WAILING WIND
- Champlain appears to be carrying a light arquebus that Paulin-Desormeaux calls a fusil de chasse, a hunting weapon; ibid., 1:184-93; for a more extended discussion, see below, chapter 12, and Appendix L. Champlain's Dream
