chapter
noun
a main division of a book, treatise, or the like, usually bearing a number or title.
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The Ghaselle or Kassida is a chapter of proverbs, or proverbs unchaptered, unthreaded beads of all colors, sizes, and values.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 by Various