Chaplain

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A member of the clergy attached to a chapel.
  • n. A member of the clergy who conducts religious services for an institution, such as a prison or hospital.
  • n. A member of the clergy who is connected with a royal court or an aristocratic household.
  • n. A member of the clergy attached to a branch of the armed forces.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A member of the clergy officially assigned to an institution, group, private chapel, etc.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An ecclesiastic who has a chapel, or who performs religious service in a chapel.
  • n. 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.
  • n. Any person (clergyman or layman) chosen to conduct religious exercises for a society, etc..
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. 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.
  • n. An ecclesiastic who renders service to one authorized to employ such assistance, as to an archbishop, or to a family; a confessor.
  • n. 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.
  • n. A private secretary to the lady superior of a convent.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a clergyman ministering to some institution
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