chaplain
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7.2
- noun
- /ˈtʃæplɪn/
:
capellán
- The chaplain provides spiritual guidance to the soldiers during their training.
- military chaplain
- serve as chaplain
- duties of chaplains
Please remain standing until the Chaplain of the Day finishes the opening prayer.
- Please remain standing until the Chaplain of the Day finishes the opening prayer.
- That's why Chaplain Tapman was ordered to drop my case.
- And those chaplains would hear them out, would listen to their confessions.
- And so we're going in and, and training those chaplains and certifying them through Mighty Oaks, man.
- He was the Irish Brigade's chaplain and he's giving them a fucking goodbye before they all die.
- you know, when I when I traveled or when I went out on these casualty assistance jobs with the chaplain, I was the guy that pulled up to the house
- And so they called for a chaplain and she could speak enough English that I could get this story out of her, that this is what had happened to the doctor.
- So to practice my ways in prison was actually forbid, but I was blessed in that the first job that I had in prison was for the chaplain.
- And then our guys and the chaplains Humvee, because that's all they could get.
- And we had Gary Holder was we had a a chaplain that would go with our just shows, you know, big shows.
Examples
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This is the Catholic chaplain.
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Right now, we'll drive down to Ramey and get the base chaplain to marry us.
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We tried to talk to the chaplain.
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I want to see the chaplain.
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The United States Army recognized the office of chaplain as an official military organization.
Academic text (1991) -
The primary focus of a Confederate chaplain was on providing spiritual leadership for his men.
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Many of the religious leaders back home supported the chaplains' decision not to participate in fighting.
Academic text (1991) -
Now, now, my, my granddad was, was a chaplain with British forces in Egypt in the First World War.
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At Sunday church services, chaplains rallied the troops.
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Besides providing worship services on Sundays, chaplains also scheduled prayer meetings in the evening.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
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1.0
A person who leads religious ceremonies and worship in a church or temple
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6.4
A religious leader who leads services and prayers in a church
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5.4
A Christian priest in charge of a local church
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4.7
A man who leads services and gives spiritual help in a church
Compounds
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5.3
A religious person who gives comfort and support to patients, families, and hospital staff
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6.5
A religious leader who works in a prison and gives religious help to prisoners
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5.7
A religious leader who gives comfort and advice to soldiers in the armed forces
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Chaplain comes from chapel, and that comes from the old Latin cappa meaning 'cloak' because people once kept a holy cloak in a small church. Long ago the priest who looked after that chapel was called a chaplain, so today a chaplain is a religious helper for a school, hospital, or army.