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[ noun ] (fine art,writing) a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
Examples "he read a chapter every night before falling asleep" Used in print (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)To_be_sure , when this is pointed_out , a common response among certain churchmen is to fulminate about `` the little flock '' and `` the great crowd '' and to take solace from Paul 's castigation of the `` wisdom of the wise '' in the opening chapter of First_Corinthians . This must be stressed because it is absolutely essential to the argument of this concluding chapter . (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)However , readers who accept Freud 's findings and believe that he has solved completely the mystery of dreams , should ponder over the following words in his Interpretation_Of_Dreams , Chapter 1 , : `` as_a_matter_of_fact no such complete solution of the dream has ever been accomplished in_any_case , and what_is_more , every one attempting such solution has found that in most cases there have remained a great many components of the dream the source of which he has been unable to explain , nor is the discussion closed on the subject of the mantic or prophetic power of dreams '' . The opening paragraph of the chapter titled The_Theory_Of_Representative_Perception , in the book Philosophies_Of_Science by Albert_G._Ramsperger says , `` passed_on to the brain , and there , by some unexplained process , it causes the mind to have a perception '' . (Jay C. Harris and John R. Van Wazer, "Detergent...)These hard surface cleaners are discussed in Chapter 28 . |
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[ noun ] any distinct period in history or in a person's life
Examples "the industrial revolution opened a new chapter in British history" "the divorce was an ugly chapter in their relationship" Used in print (Newton Stallknecht, "Ideas and Literature," in Newton S...)In recent years , we have come increasingly to recognize that ideas have a history and that not the least important chapters of this history have to do with thematic or conceptual aspects of literature and the arts , although these aspects should be studied in_conjunction_with the history of philosophy , of religion , and of the sciences . (Edward Streeter, The Chairman of the Bored....)Could it be that it speeded_up for the aged in some mysterious way , as if a bored universe were skipping through the end of the chapter just to get_it_over_with ? Related terms |
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[ noun ] a local branch of some fraternity or association
Examples "he joined the Atlanta chapter" Used in print (The New York Times,...)With the announcement of a `` special achievement award '' to William_A._Bill_Shea , the awards list was completed yesterday for Sunday night 's thirty-eighth annual dinner and show of the New_York Chapter , Baseball_Writers_Association_of_America , at the Waldorf-Astoria_Hotel . To Spahn will go the Sid_Mercer_Memorial_Award as the chapter 's player of the year . Related terms |
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[ noun ] an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church
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[ noun ] a series of related events forming an episode
Examples "a chapter of disasters" Related terms |
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