chapter

Noun

• a series of related events forming an episode
  • a chapter of disasters
    

• an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church

• a local branch of some fraternity or association
  • he joined the Atlanta chapter
    

• any distinct period in history or in a person's life
  • the industrial revolution opened a new chapter in British history
    
  • the divorce was an ugly chapter in their relationship
    

• a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
  • he read a chapter every night before falling asleep