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chap⋅lain

  [chap-lin]
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–noun
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.
Origin:
bef. 1100; ME chapelain < MF < LL cappellānus custodian of St. Martin's cloak (see chapel, -an ); r. OE capellan < LL, as above

Related forms:
chap⋅lain⋅cy, chap⋅lain⋅ship, chap⋅lain⋅ry, noun
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chap·lain   (chāp'lĭn)   
n.   Abbr. Ch.

  1. A member of the clergy attached to a chapel.

    1. A member of the clergy who conducts religious services for an institution, such as a prison or hospital.

    2. A member of the clergy who is connected with a royal court or an aristocratic household.

  3. A member of the clergy attached to a branch of the armed forces.


[Middle English chapelein, from Old French chapelain, from Medieval Latin capellānus, from capella, chapel; see chapel.]
chap'lain·cy, chap'lain·ship' n.
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chaplain 
1340, from O.Fr. chapelain "clergyman," from M.L. cappellanus "clergyman," orig. "custodian of St. Martin's cloak" (see chapel). Replaced O.E. capellane, from the same M.L. source.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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chaplain

originally a priest or minister who had charge of a chapel, now an ordained member of the clergy who is assigned to a special ministry. The title dates to the early centuries of the Christian church

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