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chaplain |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chaplain \Chap"lain\, n. [F. chapelain, fr LL capellanus fr capella. See {Chapel}.] 1. An ecclesiastic who has a chapel, or who performs religious service in a chapel. 2. 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. 3. Any person (clergyman or layman) chosen to conduct religious exercises for a society, etc.; as a chaplain of a Masonic or a temperance lodge. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: chaplain n : a clergyman ministering to some institution
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