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chaplain

chap·lain [ chápplin ] (plural chap·lains)


noun 
Definition:
 
guide in religion: a member of the clergy employed to give religious guidance, e.g. to members of the armed forces, schoolchildren, or prisoners

[12th century. Via Anglo-Norman, Old French chapelain< medieval Latin cappellanus "guardian of the cloak of St. Martin of Tours" < cappella (see chapel)]

chap·lain·cy noun
chap·lain·ship noun
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