chaplain

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Everyone in the garrison came -- even the chaplain was here during the supper.

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  1. noun A member of the clergy attached to a chapel.
  2. noun A member of the clergy who conducts religious services for an institution, such as a prison or hospital.
  3. noun A member of the clergy who is connected with a royal court or an aristocratic household.
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  • Everyone in the garrison came—even the chaplain was here during the supper. —  Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888
  • He complied therefore with an invitation from the earl of Berkley (appointed one of the Lords Justices in Ireland) to attend him as his chaplain, and private secretary.—Lord Berkley landed near Waterford, and Mr. Swift acted as secretary during the whole journey to Dublin. —  The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753), Vol. V.
  • It also noted that the restriction applies only to sanctioned government events, not private functions at which a chaplain is asked to preside. —  Latest Articles
  • Sheriff's officers and a chaplain were among those in several vehicles that quietly entered and left the quarry property Friday evening. —  news | WM | http://www.starnewsonline.com
  • Much disappointed to find that the old crone was not in the neighbourhood, the chaplain was about to depart when he heard Mosk begin to sing in a husky voice, and also became aware that Bell, as he judged from the raised tones of her voice, was scolding her father thoroughly. —  The Bishop's Secret
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  1. Middle English chapelein, from Old French chapelain, from Medieval Latin capellānus, from capella, chapel; see chapel.

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  1. from Middle English chapelayn, chapeleyn, earlier capelein (late Anglo-Saxon capellane, after Middle Latin), from Old French chapelain, French chapelain = Provencal capelan = Spanish capellan = Portuguese capellão = Italian capellano = Dutch kapelaan = German capellan = Danish Swedish kapellan, from Middle Latin capellanus, from capella, a chapel: see chapel.
 

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