chapter

noun

• 1a main division of a book, typically with a number or title: we will deal with this in chapter eleven
• an Act of Parliament numbered as part of a session’s proceedings.
• a section of a treaty: a majority voted for the inclusion of the social chapter in the treaty

• 2a distinctive period in history or in a person’s life:the people are about to begin a new chapter in their history
• a series or sequence:the latest episode in a chapter of problems

• 3the governing body of a religious community or knightly order: land granted by the Dean and Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral

• 4chiefly North American a local branch of a society: a leaflet was issued by the local chapter of the American Cancer Society
• a local group of Hell’s Angels.