CHAPLAIN

noun Etymology: Middle English chapelein, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin cappellanus, from cappella Date: 14th century a clergyman in charge of a chapel, a clergyman officially attached to a branch of the military, to an institution, or to a family or court, a person chosen to conduct religious exercises (as at a meeting of a club or society), a clergyman appointed to assist a bishop (as at a liturgical function), ~cy noun