Definition of Chaplain. Meaning of Chaplain. Synonyms of Chaplain

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Definition of Chaplain

Chaplain
Chaplain Chap"lain, n. [F. chapelain, fr. LL. capellanus, fr. capella. See Chapel.] 1. An ecclesiastic who has a chapel, or who performs religious service in a chapel. 2. A clergyman who is officially attached to the army or navy, to some public institution, or to a family or court, for the purpose of performing divine service. 3. Any person (clergyman or layman) chosen to conduct religious exercises for a society, etc.; as, a chaplain of a Masonic or a temperance lodge.

Meaning of Chaplain from wikipedia

- A chaplain is, traditionally, a cleric (such as a minister, priest, pastor, rabbi, purohit, or imam), or a lay representative of a religious tradition...
- American major general and Catholic priest who served as the 9th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 1954 to 1958. Only briefly serving in a...
- A Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love is a 2003 book of selected essays and other writings by Richard Dawkins. Published five...
- A military chaplain ministers to military personnel and, in most cases, their families and civilians working for the military. In some cases, they will...
- contrast to a usual chaplain (a priest serving a specific group of people), a bishop's chaplain or archbishop's chaplain is chaplain to a bishop only. The...
- The Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army (CCH) is the chief supervising officer of the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps. (Chaplains do not hold commanding...
- United States military includes the use of religious symbols for military chaplain insignia, uniforms, emblems, flags, and chapels; symbolic gestures, actions...
- States Army Chaplain Corps (USACC) consists of ordained clergy of multiple faiths who are commissioned Army officers serving as military chaplains as well...
- United States military chaplains hold positions in the armed forces of the United States and are charged with conducting religious services and providing...
- Four Chaplains George L. Fox, Alexander D. Goode Clark V. Poling, John P. Washington The Four Chaplains, also referred to as the Immortal Chaplains or the...