Chaplain

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  • noun. A member of the clergy attached to a chapel.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A member of the clergy who conducts religious services for an institution, such as a prison or hospital.
  • noun. A lay person who is appointed to provide spiritual leadership and counseling to members of an institution, as at a university.
  • noun. A member of the clergy who is connected with a royal court or an aristocratic household.
  • noun. A member of the clergy attached to a branch of the armed forces.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An ecclesiastic attached to a chapel; especially, one officiating in the private chapel of a king or nobleman, or other person of wealth or distinction.
  • noun. An ecclesiastic who renders service to one authorized to employ such assistance, as to an archbishop, or to a family; a confessor.
  • noun. A clergyman who occupies an official position, and performs certain religious functions, in the army or navy, in a legislative or other public body, in a charitable institution, or the like: as, the chaplain of the House of Representatives.
  • noun. A private secretary to the lady superior of a convent.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An ecclesiastic who has a chapel, or who performs religious service in a chapel.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. Any person (clergyman or layman) chosen to conduct religious exercises for a society, etc..
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A member of the clergy officially assigned to an institution, group, private chapel, etc.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a clergyman ministering to some institution
  • Word Usage
    "The Rev. Daniel Coughlin - chaplain of the House of Representatives - is expected to give a prayer when the hearse stops."
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