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Chaplain — Lt. Barbara Wood presides over communion during a Sunday morning service aboard Nimitz class USS Abraham Lincoln Traditionally, a chaplain is a mini … Wikipedia
Chaplain — • Discusses the types including court, beneficed, parochial, domestic, pontifical, and military Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Chaplain Chaplain … Catholic encyclopedia
Chaplain — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. A clergyman who is officially attached to the army or navy, to some … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
chaplain — (n.) mid 14c., from O.Fr. chapelein clergyman (Mod.Fr. chapelain), from M.L. cappellanus clergyman, originally custodian of St. Martin s cloak (see CHAPEL (Cf. chapel)). Replaced O.E. capellane, from the same Medieval Latin source … Etymology dictionary
chaplain — [n] minister in church cleric, member of clergy, pastor, preacher, priest, rabbi, turnaround collar*; concept 361 … New thesaurus
chaplain — ► NOUN ▪ a member of the clergy attached to a private chapel, institution, etc. DERIVATIVES chaplaincy noun. ORIGIN Latin cappellanus, originally denoting a custodian of the cloak of St Martin, from cappella (see CHAPEL(Cf. ↑chapel)) … English terms dictionary
chaplain — [chap′lən] n. [ME chapelain < OFr < ML capellanus, orig., custodian of St. Martin s cloak: see CHAPEL] 1. a clergyman attached to a chapel, as of a royal court 2. a minister, priest, or rabbi serving in a religious capacity with the armed… … English World dictionary
chaplain — chaplaincy, chaplainship, chaplainry, n. /chap lin/, n. 1. an ecclesiastic attached to the chapel of a royal court, college, etc., or to a military unit. 2. a person who says the prayer, invocation, etc., for an organization or at an assembly.… … Universalium
chaplain — UK [ˈtʃæplɪn] / US [ˈtʃæplən] noun [countable] Word forms chaplain : singular chaplain plural chaplains a Christian priest or minister who works in an institution such as a school or a hospital, or in the army the prison chaplain … English dictionary
chaplain — Technically a chaplain is a clergyman in charge of a chapel. In the USA especially the term is used of a clergyman attached to a branch of the military services. It is used in a military context in Catch 22, by Joseph Heller, where Corporal… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
Chaplain — The priest of a particular *chapel; also a chantry priest; the priest who conducted services in the private chapel of a king or lord. Nunneries also had their own chaplain. [< Lat. capellanus = chaplain] … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
