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chaplain Definition

chap·lain (c̸hap′lən)

noun

  1. a clergyman attached to a chapel, as of a royal court
  2. a minister, priest, or rabbi serving in a religious capacity with the armed forces, or in a prison, hospital, etc.
  3. a clergyman, or sometimes a layman, appointed to perform religious functions in a public institution, club, etc.

Etymology: ME chapelain < OFr < ML capellanus, orig., custodian of St. Martin's cloak: see chapel

chaplain Related Forms
chap′·laincy noun pl. -·cies chap′·lain·ship′ noun
chaplain Synonyms

chaplain

n.

clergyman, pastor, cleric; see minister 1, priest, rabbi.

chaplain Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • employ: Many schools employ a chaplain, usually a priest, who also teaches part-time.
  • become: In 1847 he became chaplain in ordinary to Queen Victoria.
  • assist: Mission to Seafarers - One year program assisting chaplains.

Converse of subject

  • serve: In the early 15th century the chapel was served by a chaplain from Bampton once a week.

Adjective modifier

  • conventual: The same statutes will also serve as rules for the rights of passage of deacons or conventual chaplain, whatever their age on reception.
  • whole-time: The Rev Janet Foggie has been appointed as the first whole-time mental health care chaplain in Tayside.
  • part-time: Janet has been working as a part-time chaplain in the Royal Victoria Hospital, Dundee.
  • Catholic: Rev Dr. Nicholas Heap, Catholic chaplain to the college, accompanied the pupils to the ceremony.
  • full-time: We have just appointed a full-time ecumenical chaplain to oversee the work - on all five sites!
  • naval: He is joining up as a naval chaplain, and has no-one to take care of her.

Noun used with modifier

  • prison: The Presbytery notes the receipt of annual reports from its prison chaplains.
  • hospice: He shares his insights, as a hospice chaplain into the fundamental needs of human connection and how he connects with dying people.
  • army: The chapel also had a small display to army chaplains.
  • hospital: You should contact the hospital chaplain at Frimley Park Hospital.
  • healthcare: Three specialist routes - military, schools and healthcare chaplains, each route specifically tailored to the needs of each chaplaincy discipline.

Possessives

  • bishop: The nature of them must he communicated to the warden through somebody, and through whom so naturally as the bishop's chaplain?
  • king: The doctor was sworn one of the king's chaplains by the Earl of Manchester, Lord Chamberlain, who truly honored him.

Preposition: of

  • faith: There are also chaplains of other faiths in the community who can help if needed, visit the Chaplaincy website for more information.