Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chap.

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.61 in modern English

Syllables: chap.
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Abbreviation of chaplain.

noun

Abbreviation of chapter.

Example Sentences

"1853, chap. 91, what amends secs. 7 and 10, laws 1851, chap. 43; chap. 338, except sec. 4; chaps. 387 and 454; chap. 498, sec. 9, all relating to petit jurors; chaps. 511, 529, 554"
"The Vāyu consists of four Pādas—(1) Prakriyā, comprising chaps. 1-6, (2) Anuṣaṅga, chaps. 7-64, (3) Upodghāta, chaps. 65-99, and (4) Upasaṃhāra, chaps. 100 to the end."
"Good works, chap. 4; on the fear of God, chaps. 6, 7, 19; on faith, chaps. 12, 15, 32, 3; on the true invocation of God, chap. 32; on chastity, chaps. 2, 39, 34, 19; on clemency, chap. 50 etc."

Inflected Forms

chaps. (plural)

Questions

What does chap. mean?: Abbreviation of chaplain.

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