chaplain
A member of a religious body officially assigned to provide pastoral care at an…A member of a religious body (who is often, although not always, of the clergy) officially assigned to provide pastoral care at an institution, group, private chapel, etc.
» The chaplain listened sympathetically to his parishioner.
Meaning
2 sensesA member of a religious body (who is often, although not always, of the clergy) officially assigned to provide pastoral care at an institution, group, private chapel, etc.
Kaplan, Kaplanin, Seelsorger
капелла́нkapellán
капела́нkapelán, капеля́нkapelján
A person without religious affiliation who carries out similar duties in a secular context.
- a clergyman ministering to some institution
Examples
9 sentencesThe chaplain listened sympathetically to his parishioner.
Some believe that school chaplains shouldn't receive public funding.
Tom is a chaplain.
I'm a chaplain.
They have no Muslim chaplains there.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English chapeleyn, from Old French chapelain, from Medieval Latin, Late LatinFrom Middle English chapeleyn, from Old French chapelain, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin cappellānus, from cappella. Doublet of capelin. Displaced Old English handprēost.
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