a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled | film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie |
a series of related events forming an episode | a part of a broadcast serial |
a local branch of some fraternity or association | a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series |
an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church | a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events |
any distinct period in history or in a person's life | |