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chaplainry

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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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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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