单词 | chapter |
释义 | chaptern. 1. a. A main division or section of a book (whether the latter is an entire literary work, or one of the divisions or parts of a large work). Esp. used of the main divisions of the books of the Bible. Cf. book n. 4. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > chapter or section capitleeOE chapter?c1225 pacea1325 chapitle1340 passa1400 capitalc1460 titlec1460 spacea1500 section1576 head1610 tract1662 passus1765 screed1829 subtitle1891 a1000 Ecgberht's Penit. cont. i. 1 (Bosw.) Her onginþ se forma capitul.] c1450 Why I can't be Nun 345 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 147 Hyt ys wretyn in Genesye, In the fowre and thyrty Chapytylle. b. figurative. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. v. 216 Ol. Where lies your Text? Vio. In Orsinoes bosome. Ol. In his bosome? In what chapter of his bosome? View more context for this quotation 1661 Earl of Orrery Coll. State Lett. (1743) I. 59 It is like the bills of mountebanks, where the contents promise more than in the chapter is made good. 1841–8 F. Myers Catholic Thoughts II. iv. §29. 317 Their [the Prophets'] lives constitute some of the noblest chapters of Jewish Chronicles. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits x. 160 'Tis a curious chapter in modern history, the growth of the machine-shop. c. A head or division of the Acts of Parliament of a single session. ΘΚΠ society > law > written law > [noun] > distinct section of a law paragraph1552 chapter1660 1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 192 in Justice Vindicated First we have granted to God, and by this our present Chapter have confirmed for us and our heirs for ever, that the Church of England shall be free. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. iv. 20 The Acts of each Session were not divided into chapters with distinct titles. 2. figurative. Head, heading, subject, category. (Usually preceded by on, upon.) archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > [noun] thingeOE evenOE questionc1225 purposec1350 themec1380 mattera1387 reasonc1390 substancea1393 chapter1393 occasion1426 titlec1450 intentc1460 article1531 place1532 scope1549 subject1563 argumenta1568 string1583 matter subject1586 subject matter1587 qu.1608 haunt1622 seat1628 object matter1653 business1655 topic1728 locus1753 sub1779 ground1796 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 192 Avarice, In whose chapitre now we trete. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 51 Prestis are nowe in þe same chapiter. 1681 W. Temple Mem. iii, in Wks. (1731) I. 342 Upon which Chapter I said a good deal. 1766 H. Walpole Lett. III. 150 There are some chapters on which I still fear we shall not agree. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. viii. v. 346 Must lead a life clear of reproach; and more particularly on the chapter of women! 3. (a) A short ‘lesson’ or passage of Scripture read in certain services of the Latin Church. (In medieval Latin capitulum; French chapitre and capitule.) (b) ‘An anthem in the Ambrosian rite said at Lauds after the psalms and before the antiphon, and varying with the day’. Dict. Christian Antiq. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > parts of service > reading > [noun] capitleOE lesson?c1225 legenda1387 chapter1482 lecture1526 lection1608 pericope1643 capitulum1668 c1200 Winteney Rule S. Benet (1888) 45 Æfter þam filye þæt captel of þare apostele lare, þæt beo ȝesed butan bocc. c1200 Winteney Rule S. Benet (1888) 55 On non þri capitles syn ȝesungene of þam forseadan sealme.] 4. a. A duly constituted general meeting or assembly of the canons of a collegiate or cathedral church, of the members of any monastic or religious order, or of an order of knights, for consultation and transaction of the affairs of their order.[‘From the last-mentioned usage (the capitula of a monastic rule) coupled with the practice of reading a capitulum or chapter of the Rule, or (as was St. Augustine's practice) of the Scriptures, to the assembled canons or monks, the assembled canons or monks themselves came to be called in a body the capitulum or chapter, and their meeting-place the chapter-house.’ Dict. Christian Antiq. I. 288/1; cf. Du Cange and Littré. More exactly the name chapter was first transferred to the meeting, and then to those who met. The transference was easy through such expressions as ire or convenire ad capitulum, to go to (the reading of) the capitle or chapter, thus to the meeting.] ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > council > chapter > [noun] > meeting of chapter1297 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of deliberative or legislative assembly > [noun] > of an order of knights chapter1562 11.. Anglo-Saxon Chron. anno 1123 Hi hæfden cosen ærcebiscop æror in here capitele æfter rihte.] 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 473 Ȝuf eni play to chapitle were idrawe. 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 7837 Þat grete chapytyl [of devils]. c1325 Poem on Edw. II 193 in Pol. Songs (1839) 332 Officials and denes that chapitles sholden holde. ?1456 J. Brackley in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 154 To compleyn vp-on me at the next chapitle. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical discipline > court > [noun] chaptera1300 Court Christianc1405 spiritual court1481 bum-court1544 Court of Christianity1573 church court1644 court1864 a1300 Siriz 243 (Mätz.) For al the world ne wold I nout That ich were to chapitre ibrout. c1386 G. Chaucer Friar's Tale 61 He wolde..somne hem to the Chapitre. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 199 The word Chapter..sometimes..denotes the Place, where Delinquents receive Discipline and Correction according to the Orders of the Church. ΚΠ c1386 G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale 237 In oure chapitre pray we day and night. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 242/1 He called hys bretheren in to the chappytre.] 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 199 The word Chapter is sometimes put to signify the Place where Collegiate Persons or Bodies Politick Ecclesiastical do usually meet. 5. The members of such assembly collectively as a permanent body: esp. The body of canons of a collegiate or cathedral church, presided over by the dean. a. Of a cathedral. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > council > chapter > [noun] capitleOE chapitle1297 choirc1300 chapter1491 close1570 cabildo1924 1491 Act 7 Hen. VII c. 22 §3 And confermed by the Chapiltre of the Cathedrall Churche. 1523 Act 14 & 15 Hen. VIII c. 9 The Deane and Chapiter..of the free chapell of the kynge, of Sainct Martins le graunde. 1555 in J. Strype Eccl. Mem. (1721) III. App. xlvi. 142 In the name of the whole chapter they have appealed unto th' Arches. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. i. 95. 1641 R. Greville Disc. Nature Episcopacie 11 A Cloistered Chapiter, among which are usually the very dregges of lowest men. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. i. ii. 297 The dean and chapter are..the nominal electors of a bishop. 1861 A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedral of 19th Cent. 115 A body of clergy both to assist and counsel the Bishop and to serve the church itself..the Chapter as it is called. b. Of Knights. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of deliberative or legislative assembly > [noun] > of an order of knights > members of collectively chapter1842 1842 Penny Cycl. XXIV. XXIV, 180/1 The Master [of the Knights Templars]..was elected by the Chapter, or general body of the Knights..The head province was that of Jerusalem; the affairs of the order..were for the most part directed by the chapter of this province. c. A branch of an organization or society, esp. of a college fraternity. U.S. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > [noun] > affiliation > an affiliation or branch arm1778 affiliation1792 chapter1815 succursal1859 camp1880 1815 D. Drake Nat. & Statist. View Cincinnati 166 A Chapter of Royal Arch Masons was established in this place. 1871 L. H. Bagg Four Years at Yale 55 Sigma Eps at Yale, calling itself the ‘Kappa’ chapter, established a branch ‘Alpha’ chapter at Amherst. 1882 Alpha Delta Phi p. xxv This meeting [in 1836] after formally adopting the word ‘Chapter’ and disapproving of the words ‘club’ and ‘branch’, passed a series of resolutions. 1899 E. E. Hale Lowell & Friends 26 To this little circle somebody addressed himself who wanted to establish a chapter of Alpha Delta Phi in Cambridge in 1836. 1964 Listener 30 July 149/2 I have instructed our chapters in the South, even in the Deep South, to begin immediately testing all places of public accommodation. 6. (See quot. 1726.) ΚΠ 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 199 The word Chapter is sometimes..used to signify a Decretal Epistle. 7. = capitulation n. 2a, 3a. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] > terms of agreement > a condition or stipulation mannerc1400 covenantc1440 conditionala1533 authorament1607 requisition1620 postulatum1639 thingum1649 qualification1660 ultimatum1733 requirement1737 term1746 stipulation1750 contingency1818 precondition1825 chapter1864 1864 J. F. Kirk Hist. Charles the Bold (U.S. ed.) I. ii. 105 With many ceremonies and courtly rites the ‘chapters’, or preliminaries of the combat, are arranged. 8. Clock-making. [ < the use of Roman numerals to mark chapters of the Bible, etc.] (See quot. 1884.) ΚΠ 1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 50 Chapters, the Roman characters used generally to mark the hours in watch and clock dials. Categories » PhrasesΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > hardship > a) hardship(s) hardnesseOE hardship?c1225 fitc1325 hardinessa1398 a bitter spreada1500 endurancea1555 endurement1605 straina1628 a hard chapter1684 1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. ii. 146 I dare say it was a hard Chapter that then he did read unto them. View more context for this quotation 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) We say 'tis a hard Chapter when a man suffers undeservedly. And by way of reproof, we say, he read him a Chapter in Job. 1699 Frampton in Life of Ken. (1854) 766 An hard chapter you'll say, for me. 1721–33 J. Strype Eccl. Mem. III. i. x. 91 Lady Jane..had a very hard chapter to be set up to be queen, even against her will,..and soon after adjudged to be executed for being queen. 1725 N. Bailey tr. Erasmus All Familiar Colloquies 277 Necessity is a hard Chapter. P2. chapter and verse: the exact reference to a passage of Scripture; figurative exact authority for. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > documentary evidence > [noun] chapter and verse1628 certificate1718 document1728 doc1819 documentation1888 dox1977 1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xlv. sig. H6 Turning downe the leafe in her Booke, when shee heares nam'd Chapter and Verse. 1711 W. King et al. Vindic. Sacheverell 71 Here is an ugly Story with Chapter and Verse. 1862 W. M. Thackeray Philip II. xiii She can give chapter and verse for her belief. 1870 J. A. Picton New The. & Old Faith iv. 112 The early Fathers did not care nearly so much about chapter and verse. P3. to the end of the chapter: (figurative) through the whole of the subject; to the end, throughout. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > to the end to the lasta1393 (to drain, drink, etc.) to the lees1611 to the end of the chapter1692 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables ccclxxxix. 363 And so forward Mutatis Mutandis, to the End of the Chapter. 1843 T. C. Haliburton Attaché ii You always was a fool, and always will be to the end of the chapter. 1881 G. Saintsbury Dryden 30 Questions on which doctors will doubtless disagree to the end of the chapter. P4. a. the chapter of accidents: the unforeseen course of events, (the unrolling of) fate. Also the chapter of possibilities. Cf. sense 2. Now rare and archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > quality of being unforeseen > [noun] > that which is unforeseen the chapter of accidents1738 coup de foudre1779 imprévu1854 1738 Common Sense I. 207 Let them consider how propitious the Chapter of Accidents is to them in the Country. 1753 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 16 Feb., in Misc. Wks. (1778) II. No. 7 The chapter of knowledge is a very short, but the chapter of accidents is a very long one. 1780 S. Lee (title) The chapter of accidents. a1790 Mr. Cunningham Let. 28 Jan. in R. Burns Wks. (1800) II. 293 I am apt to think my letters have miscarried. My conjecture is only framed upon the chapter of accidents turning up against me, as it too often does. 1817 M. Keating Trav. I. 160 Leaving every thing to the day and the chapter of accidents. 1852 W. E. Gladstone Functions of Laymen in Church 21 That bias..in favour of trusting to the force of inertia, to the chapter of accidents. 1871 ‘Holme Lee’ Miss Barrington I. xxi. 299 Leaving time to fight for them and putting their trust in the chapter of accidents. 1912 J. Conrad Secret Sharer in Twixt Land & Sea 152 And as to the chapter of accidents which counts for so much in the book of success, I could only hope that it was closed. 2002 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 35 95 It has been objected to Mr Darwin's theory..that this would imply that their animal population was a matter of chance... It has been maintained that nature does not work by the ‘chapter of accidents’. b. a chapter of accidents: a sequence of unforeseen events, esp. mishaps or misadventures. Also with the. (Frequently punningly as the title of a book chapter.) ΚΠ 1786 Town & Country Mag. July 377/1 What is this life? A chapter of accidents, pointed with commas, semicolons, colons, and periods. 1836 B. Hall Schloss Hainfeld (ed. 2) xvii. 269 (heading) A chapter of accidents. 1899 G. N. Boothby Love made Manifest xix. 303 (heading) A chapter of accidents. 1914 C. Stockley Wild Honey vii. 370 There were no shoulders on which blame for the chapter of accidents could be laid. ‘Acts of Providence’ cannot be quarrelled with. 1935 W. S. Churchill Let. 2 Mar. in M. Soames Speaking for Themselves (1999) xvi. 387 The digger has involved me in a chapter of accidents and I doubt if I shall get out of it under £150. 1991 Sunday Tel. 1 Sept. 17/2 At the heart of conspiracism..is the belief that modern history is not a chapter of accidents; rather..events are unfolding according to the plans of the people who secretly rule the world. Compounds C1. General attributive. Also chapter-house n. chapter-heading n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > chapter or section heading titlea1387 rubrishc1405 rubricc1425 caption1848 chapter-heading1876 drophead1956 1876 Contemp. Rev. June 107 With regard to the chapter-headings. chapter-room n. ΚΠ 1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany III. 277 The chapter-room of the bishop's palace. chapter-treat n. ΚΠ 1713 J. Swift Part of 7th Epist. Horace Imitated 9 Suppose him [sc. the new Dean] gone through all Vexations..First-fruits and Tenths, and Chapter-Treats. C2. chapter-bread n. (see quot.). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [noun] > other types of bread sergeant-loafa1348 clear-matin1362 bean-breadc1380 French bread1420 pease-breada1425 bran-breadc1425 grey breadc1430 angels' breadc1440 dough bread?a1500 baker's bread?1550 acorn bread1571 cart-bread1574 chapter-bread1600 diet-bread1617 ember-bread1681 buff coat1688 bust-coat1706 Picentine bread1712 chestnut-bread1814 naan1828 gluten-bread1846 to-bread1854 batch-bread1862 injera1868 coffee cake1879 pan dulce1882 quick bread1882 sour bread1884 Tommy1895 focaccia1905 hard-dough bread1911 hush puppy1918 potica1927 spoon bread1932 bake1933 pitta1936 hard-dough1966 pain de campagne1970 pocket bread1973 ciabatta1985 pain au levain1985 levain1991 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique v. xxi. 717 Such is the white bread which is sold of the bakers, and chapter bread: as also that which is well leuened, knodden, somewhat salt, somewhat hollow, and well risen, like vnto court bread. chapter-lands n. lands belonging to a chapter (sense 5). chapter-quest n. an inquest or inquiry held by an ecclesiastical chapter. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical discipline > court > [noun] > inquiry held by chapter-questc1577 c1577 Canon in Mill Manx Ord. & Stat. Laws (1821) 53 All those which are suspected of Sorcerrie..and are presented by the Chapter-Quest. Draft additions December 2004 chapter book n. (a) a book containing records relating to an ecclesiastical chapter or (later) to a branch of a secular organization or society; (b) a children's book with text divided into chapters (opposed to picture book). ΚΠ 1700 F. Atterbury Rights Eng. Convocation v. 238 These, and several other Accidents might, I say, conspire to make the Entry of such Procuratoria in Chapter-Books less frequent in after-times. 1836 Times 27 Dec. 4/5 We recommend him to consult the chapter books of Canterbury. 1949 Landmark (Statesville, N. Carolina) 23 June 3/1 In the scrapbook division the local chapter book was given honorable mention and Ann Knox, historian of the chapter, was complimented for her good work. 1986 Christian Sci. Monitor 1 Dec. 62/1 I can read. I listened when Mama was teaching Juniper. But I want to read chapter books but they're too hard for me. 2003 Book Mar.–Apr. 36/1 Beverly Cleary's enduring, hilarious Ramona books make great read-alouds for children who are ready to listen to chapter books. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). chapterv. 1. transitive. To divide into chapters; to arrange in chapters. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > matter of book > [verb (transitive)] > divide or arrange into sections or chapters distinguea1340 chapter1485 1485 W. Caxton in Malory's Morte Darthur sig. eevj xxi bookes chapytred and enprynted, and fynysshed. ?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. aa.iii This boke..was..presented to our sayd souerayne lorde chapytred & marked after this table. 1603 J. Stow Suruay of London (new ed.) 536 I had long since gathered notes to haue Chaptered. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Cant. 98 This general tradition of Langtons chaptering the Bible. 2. To reprove, take to task. [Compare chapter n. 4b, and French chapitrer, ‘reprimander en plein chapitre; fig. et famil. adresser une reprimande’.] ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] threac897 threapc897 begripea1000 threata1000 castea1200 chaste?c1225 takec1275 blame1297 chastya1300 sniba1300 withnima1315 undernima1325 rebukec1330 snuba1340 withtakea1340 reprovec1350 chastisea1375 arate1377 challenge1377 undertake1377 reprehenda1382 repreync1390 runta1398 snapea1400 underfoc1400 to call to account1434 to put downc1440 snebc1440 uptakec1440 correptc1449 reformc1450 reprise?c1450 to tell (a person) his (also her, etc.) own1450 control1451 redarguec1475 berisp1481 to hit (cross) one over (of, on) the thumbs1522 checkc1530 admonish1541 nip1548 twig?1550 impreve1552 lesson1555 to take down1562 to haul (a person) over the coals1565 increpate1570 touch1570 school1573 to gather up1577 task1580 redarguate?1590 expostulate1592 tutor1599 sauce1601 snip1601 sneap1611 to take in tax1635 to sharp up1647 round1653 threapen1671 reprimand1681 to take to task1682 document1690 chapter1693 repulse1746 twink1747 to speak to ——1753 haul1795 to pull up1799 carpet1840 rig1841 to talk to1860 to take (a person) to the woodshed1882 rawhide1895 to tell off1897 to tell (someone) where he or she gets off1900 to get on ——1904 to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908 strafe1915 tick1915 woodshed1935 to slap (a person) down1938 sort1941 bind1942 bottle1946 mat1948 ream1950 zap1961 elder1967 1693 J. Dryden Char. Polybius (T.) He..arraigns him for the inconstancy of his judgement, and chapters even his own Aratus on the same head. 1888 Daily N. 18 Oct. 5/1. 3. To mark with Roman numerals. Derivatives ˈchaptering n. ΚΠ 1819 W. Cobbett Year's Resid. U.S.A. ii. Pref. 141 Where I stopped in the First Part... I have, in like manner, resumed the chaptering. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.?c1225v.1485 |
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