a major division of a book
something resembling a chapter in being a significant specified unit or sequence of events
a chapter of accidents
the final chapter of his career
the canons of a cathedral or collegiate church, or the members of a religious house
a regular meeting of a religious chapter
a local branch of a society or fraternity
[Middle English chapitre division of a book, meeting of canons, via Old French from Latin capitulum, dimin. of capit-, caput head]