capellan

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Nunciature and the Supreme Tribunal of the Rota, both at Madrid, and the Chapel Royal (Clero de la Real Capilla y Patrimonio), with a grand almoner (capellan mayor) to His Majesty, honorary chaplains, etc. The military chaplains are under the jurisdiction of a

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
Leon, a Jesuit, _capellan_ of the Capuchin nuns, and whose face, besides being handsome, looks the very personification of all that is good, and mild, and holy.

Life in Mexico Frances Calder��n de la Barca 1843