chapter

1. One of the main sections into which a published work is divided, especially a book. · Detective novel writers try to keep up the suspense until the last chapter.
2. A section of a work, a collection of works, or fragments of works, often manuscripts or transcriptions, created by scholars or advocates, not the original authors, to aid in finding portions of the texts.
3. An assembly of monks, prebendaries and/or other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean.
4. A community of canons or canonesses.
5. A bishop's council.
6. An administrative division of an organization, usually local to a specific area.
7. An organized branch of some society or fraternity, such as the Freemasons.
8. A meeting of a chapter of certain organized societies or orders.

Plural chapters