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Synonyms: chatter, charter, chanter, chapiter, hapter, chaster, chater, clapter

Antonyms: chatter, charter, chanter, chapiter, hapter, chaster, chater, clapter

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Noun

1. One of the main [[section]]s into which a published work is divided, especially a [[book]].
2. Certain ecclesiastical bodies (under [[canon law]])
3. A section of a social body.
4. A [[meeting]] of a chapter of certain organized societies or orders.
5. A [[chapter house]]<ref>{{R:Burrill Law Dictionary}}</ref>
6. A sequence (of events), especially when presumed related and likely to continue.
7. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[location]] or [[compartment]].
8. {{lb|en|Roman Catholicism}} A [[prescribe]]d [[reading]] at one of the [[canonical hour]]s.

Verb

1. To divide into chapters.
2. To put into a chapter.
3. {{lb|en|military|with "out"}} To use administrative procedure to remove someone.
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[take to task]].

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