CHAPLAIN


Meaning of CHAPLAIN in English

n. a member of the clergy attached to a private chapel, institution, ship, regiment, etc. chaplaincy n. (pl. -ies).

[ ME f. AF & OF c(h)apelain f. med.L cappellanus, orig. custodian of the cloak of St Martin: see CHAPEL ]

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