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chapter

chap.ter \'chap-t*r\ n [ME chapitre division of a book, meeting of canons, 
   fr. OF, fr. LL cap]itulum division of a book & ML, meeting place of canons, 
   fr. L, dim. of capit-, caput head - more at HEAD 1: a main division of a 
   book  2a: a regular meeting of the canons of a cathedral or collegiate 
   church or  of the members of a religious house 2b: the body of canons of a 
   cathedral or collegiate church  3: a local branch of a society or 
   fraternity