chaplain
chap·lain / ˈchaplən/ • n. a member of the clergy attached to a private chapel, institution, ship, branch of the armed forces, etc.DERIVATIVES: chap·lain·cy / ˈchaplənsē/ n.
chaplain
chaplain
chaplain a member of the clergy attached to a private chapel, institution, ship, regiment, etc. The word comes (in Middle English via Old French) from medieval Latin cappellanus, originally denoting a custodian of the cloak of St Martin, from cappella, originally ‘little cloak’ (see also chapel).
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