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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.
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Chaplain
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- The chaplain is also expected to minister to the hospital staff.
- His body was committed to the earth with no flags flying, no bugles playing and no family or chaplain to see him off.
- Blackwater was even building a chapel: the company has its own staff chaplain.
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Word Origin & History
chaplain
mid-14c., from O.Fr. chapelain "clergyman," from M.L. cappellanus "clergyman," originally "custodian of St. Martin's cloak" (see chapel). Replaced O.E. capellane, from the same M.L. source.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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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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