Meaning of CHAPLAIN
| Pronunciation: | | 'chaplin
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| | Definition: | | [n] a clergyman ministering to some institution |
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| | See Also: | | clergyman, Holy Joe, hospital chaplain, man of the cloth, military chaplain, padre, prison chaplain, reverend, sky pilot | |
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| | Definition: | | \Chap"lain\, n. [F. chapelain, fr. LL. capellanus, fr.
capella. See {Chapel}.]
1. An ecclesiastic who has a chapel, or who performs
religious service in a chapel.
2. A clergyman who is officially attached to the army or
navy, to some public institution, or to a family or court,
for the purpose of performing divine service.
3. Any person (clergyman or layman) chosen to conduct
religious exercises for a society, etc.; as, a chaplain of
a Masonic or a temperance lodge.
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| | Related Terms: | | abbe, abuna, antipope, archbishop, archdeacon, archpriest, bishop, bishop coadjutor, canon, cardinal, cardinal bishop, cardinal deacon, cardinal priest, churchman, clergyman, cleric, clerical, clerk, coadjutor, curate, cure, DD, dean, diocesan, divine, Doctor of Divinity, ecclesiarch, ecclesiastic, exarch, Grand Penitentiary, hierarch, high priest, Holy Father, Holy Joe, man of God, metropolitan, military chaplain, minister, padre, papa, parson, pastor, patriarch, penitentiary, pontiff, pope, prebendary, prelate, primate, rector, reverend, rural dean, servant of God, shepherd, sky pilot, subdean, suffragan, supply clergy, supply minister, the Reverend, the very Reverend, tonsured cleric, vicar |
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