chaplain
n.
clergyman attached to an institution (military, court, etc.)
Chaplain
A chaplain is typically a
priest,
pastor, ordained
deacon or other member of the
clergy serving a group of people who are not organized as a mission or
church, or who are unable to attend church for various reasons; such as health, confinement, or military or civil duties;
lay chaplains are also found in other settings such as
universities. For example a chaplain is often attached to a
military unit (often known as
padre), a private
chapel, a
ship, a
prison, a
hospital, a
high school, college or especially boarding school, even a
parliamentary assembly and so on. In recent years many non-ordained persons have received professional training in chaplaincy and are now appointed as chaplains in schools, hospitals, universities, prisons and elsewhere to work alongside or instead of ordained chaplains.
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chaplain
Noun
1. a clergyman ministering to some institution
(hypernym) clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth
(hyponym) prison chaplain
Chaplain
(n.)
Any person (clergyman or layman) chosen to conduct religious exercises for a society, etc.; as, a chaplain of a Masonic or a temperance lodge.
(n.)
An ecclesiastic who has a chapel, or who performs religious service in a chapel.
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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