(n.) A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters.
(n.) An assembly of monks, or of the prebends and other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual, or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean.
(n.) A community of canons or canonesses.
(n.) A bishop's council.
(n.) A business meeting of any religious community.
(n.) An organized branch of some society or fraternity as of the Freemasons.
(n.) A meeting of certain organized societies or orders.
(n.) A chapter house.
(n.) A decretal epistle.
(n.) A location or compartment.
(v. t.) To divide into chapters, as a book.
(v. t.) To correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse.
Example Sentences:
(1) Chapter one Announcement of the Islamic Caliphate The announcement of the renewal of the caliphate in Iraq in the year 1427AH [2006] was the arbiter between division and separation as well as the glory of the Muslims.
(2) Chapter three Administration of the camps The preparatory camp is the first home and school of the mujahid in which his military and jihadi training sessions take place and he undergoes sufficient education in matters of his religion, life and jihad.
(3) In this chapter, synthesis of alkylating oligonucleotide derivatives is described in detail and the results of their application for modification of nucleic acids in vitro are summarized.
(4) Chapter three consists of the methodology: sample, setting, design, data analysis methods, and ethical concerns.
(5) This chapter describes a systematic approach to the art of collection for services rendered, based primarily on a pay-as-you-go philosophy.
(6) We have studied this chapter of our history by analyzing primary documents and articles published at the daily press, political press, and scientific journals of Madrid during 1847 to 1848.
(7) The chapters deal with general preliminaries and indications for surgery, the selection of bypass material, surgical instruments for coronary opertaions, the methods of extracorporeal circulation, the distal coronary anastomosis, the proximal aortal anastomosis, intraoperative monitoring of results, intra- and postoperative myocardinal infarction, the fate of venous bypass grafts, operative treatment of the ruptured ventricular septum and papillary muscle, and ventricular aneurysmectomy.
(8) The leadership of 212 chapters of an organization called Mothers Against Drunk Driving was surveyed to obtain data on chapter emphasis, satisfaction, future involvement and perception of most effective countermeasures.
(9) This chapter addresses the role of health professionals in providing abortions and examines the dynamic technology of this field.
(10) This introductory chapter has presented an overview of how retroviruses replicate and how they are classified within the family Retroviridae.
(11) He should not try to play political games with the darkest and most sinister chapter of Europe’s history.
(12) The report’s concluding chapters raised dire warning that the operations of contemporary child protection agencies were replicating many of the destructive dynamics of the Stolen Generations era.
(13) This surely represents a new chapter in the European debt crisis, and it could be headlined The Day The Eurozone Finally Woke Up.
(14) Her history is fascinating – every time you think she has finished telling you about her childhood, she embarks on another chapter.
(15) Around 800,000 people died of starvation in one of the most horrific chapters of the war as the city was besieged by the Nazis for two and a half years.
(16) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is defined in this chapter, and the relation between its two major components, (a) chronic bronchitis and emphysema and (b) nonremitting asthma, is discussed.
(17) I am really looking forward to the next chapter in my coaching career.” In his time at the FA, Peacock has led the Under-17s to two European Championship titles in 2010 and 2014, and has managed over 100 games in Uefa competitions, with a 69% win record.
(18) This chapter has reviewed the nature of antigens of the MNSs blood group system.
(19) The several papers that follow deal with chapters that will be new to the Redbook.
(20) It’s going to be a great new chapter in my life.” Lallana was identified as a primary target for the Liverpool manager, Brendan Rodgers, at the end of last season, when his side finished second to Manchester City in the Premier League.
Vignette
Definition:
(n.) A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.
(n.) A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position; hence, by extension, any small picture in a book; hence, also, as such pictures are often without a definite bounding line, any picture, as an engraving, a photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge.
(v. t.) To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge insensibly fading away.
Example Sentences:
(1) Responding to the 8 vignettes, 30 American and 32 Australian nurses took part in the study.
(2) These problems are illustrated by a clinical vignette, and alternative approaches are explored.
(3) In this investigation, reanalysis of responses to case vignettes obtained from 436 psychologists, psychiatrists, and internists revealed that on the issue of confidentiality management, these health care providers discriminate among cases involving: Premeditated harm to others, socially irresponsible acts with possible dire consequences to self or others, and minor theft.
(4) A significant number of head-injured subjects also made errors confusing positive and negative emotions and errors interpreting emotionally toned vignettes.
(5) The Guardian witnessed one desperate vignette in Gevgeliya on Saturday: a Syrian woman in her 40s asking a fellow traveller for money to buy shoes as hers were in tatters.
(6) The subjects were undergraduate students (male = 240; female = 240) who responded to a vignette describing a sexual interaction between a father and daughter.
(7) Each vignette depicted a 1000-g birth weight infant, currently 7 weeks old and ready for discharge.
(8) Subjects read one of eight case vignettes about hypothetical stimulus persons and then completed verbal report inventories to assess attitudes.
(9) Surprise backing There is one bright spot for José Mourinho , as Alex Ferguson appears to debunk one of the more demeaning vignettes of recent years.
(10) The rating of acceptability by parents either in groups of five or alone of behavior management techniques (BMT) displayed in videotaped vignettes was studied.
(11) Comprising a series of short films (critics often term them "vignettes", which makes Louie sound far more po-faced than it is), interspersed with bursts of Louis's stand-up, the show sits closer to experimental film in its visual style and sensibility.
(12) The article also illustrates the system's use with three case management vignettes involving child protective services, the chronically mentally ill, and older adults.
(13) Our seven clinical vignettes illustrate different mechanisms of inappropriate admissions to psychiatric wards and the circumstances and outcome of such admissions, with emphasis on the shared responsibility of psychiatric and nonpsychiatric physicians, the financial consequences, and the implications of such admissions on the profession's public image.
(14) One-hundred sixty-eight mental health, welfare, and juvenile court personnel from six different locales within a state rated (a) the "amenability to treatment" of four case vignettes involving juvenile offenders and (b) the effectiveness of a variety of services for youth.
(15) This vignette, although far from complete, outlines some of the important works that have contributed to the evolution of cardioplegic techniques.
(16) Completed questionnaires, with three vignettes each, were returned by 495 respondents.
(17) Based on two clinical vignettes, an attempt at reconstruction is proposed, in which the narcissistic aspects of this pathology are emphasized.
(18) A case vignette is used to illustrate these processes.
(19) Clinical vignettes illustrate how de-idealization by proxy may aid detachment from childhood love-objects and allow healthy partial identification with the same-sex parent.
(20) Insight into nurses' perceptions and understanding of problem solving was gained by interviewing 116 nurses using vignettes of clinical problem solving.