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Webster 1913 Edition
Chaplain
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 lodgeWebster 1828 Edition
Chaplain
CHAPLAIN
,Noun.
1.
An ecclesiastic who has a chapel, or who performs service in a chapel. The king of Great Britain has forty-eight chaplains, who attend, four each month, to perform divine service for the royal family. Princes also, and persons of quality have chaplains, who officiate in their chapels.2.
A clergyman who belongs to a ship of war, or to a regiment of land forces, for performing divine service.3.
A clergyman who is retained to perform divine service in a family.Chaplains of the Pope, are auditors or judges of causes in the sacred palace.
Definition 2024
chaplain
chaplain
See also: chap'lain
English
Noun
chaplain (plural chaplains)
Derived terms
Translations
a member of the clergy officially assigned to an institution, group, private chapel, etc.