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chapter

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1. chapter - Noun

2. chapter - Verb

Meaning

A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters.

An assembly of monks, or of the prebends and other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual, or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean.

A business meeting of any religious community.

An organized branch of some society or fraternity as of the Freemasons.

A chapter house.

A decretal epistle.

A location or compartment.

To divide into chapters, as a book.

To correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. Thomas Jefferson

It seems to me that, in every culture, I come across a chapter headed "Wisdom." And then I know exactly what is going to follow: "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity." Ludwig Wittgenstein

Fractal geometry is not just a chapter of mathematics, but one that helps Everyman to see the same world differently. Benoît Mandelbrot

Joseph Alleine, The Solemn Warnings of the Dead: or, An Admonition to Unconverted Sinners (1804), Chapter 3. Chinese Proverb

The first chapter of fools is to think themselves wise. English Proverb

Michel de Montaigne, Of Liars, Book I, Chapter IX. French Proverb

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